Angels misplay infield popup in 9th and blow lead against Yankees in agonizing loss
NEW YORK (AP) — I've got it, you take it — nobody caught it. When a seemingly routine ninth-inning popup off the bat of Jazz Chisholm Jr. went up in the air Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Angels appeared well on their way to a comeback win at Yankee Stadium.
But when the ball came down untouched, everything started to go wrong. Moments after shortstop Zach Neto and third baseman Oswald Peraza flubbed an easy play, José Caballero lined a two-run double off closer Jordan Romano that gave the New York Yankees a 5-4 victory over the Angels. “It’s just, my fault," Neto said.
"Shortstop has priority over everybody and I should have caught the ball. Just miscommunication, but I take full responsibility for that. I should have went out there and caught it.
” Los Angeles was leading 4-3 with one out and nobody on in the ninth when Chisholm popped up to the left side. Neto and Peraza, a former Yankees infielder, failed to communicate clearly, though, and they both backed away as the ball dropped right between them on the infield dirt for a gift single, prompting Neto to put his hands on his head. “It wasn’t loud,” he said.
"I mean, just two miscomminications. I called it, he called it. But like I said, I take full responsibility.