Yankees turn Padres single into Little League homer with two awful errors, Gerrit Cole mental lapse

Two physical errors and one mental error from the Yankees turned a San Diego single into a Little League home run.

Yankees center fielder Harrison Bader airmailed a throw home over catcher Kyle Higashioka in Sunday’s second inning, and pitcher Gerrit Cole did not back Higashioka up.Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka then made matters worse when his throw toward third soared into left field.Bader sailed a throw over catcher Kyle Higashioka, who then sprinted back because starting pitcher Gerrit Cole, who remained by the mound, did not run behind the plate to back up on the play.

Higashioka retrieved the ball and had a chance to throw out Azocar at third base, and the catcher, too, came up too strong. Higashioka airmailed third baseman DJ LeMahieu, who stood helplessly as the ball went into left field and Azocar scored after a single, two errors and one mental mistake by Cole.

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