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‘I should catch that every time’: Rob Refsnyder owns critical fielding mistake in loss to Tigers

Rob Refsnyder’s early misread in the outfield turned out very costly for the Red Sox on Saturday.

In the bottom of the second inning, Detroit batter Trey Sweeney belted a fly ball toward the outfield wall. Refsnyder misjudged the distance on the hit and came up short of making a relatively routine catch on the warning track. As a result, two Tigers scored.

Detroit went on to beat the Red Sox, 2-1, scoring its only two runs on the error. One non-Major League Baseball affiliated algorithm estimated Refsnyder had a 100 percent chance to catch the ball.