ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Kyle Kubitza’s major league debut was certainly eventful.
The Angels third baseman was recalled on Wednesday because of David Freese’s tight hamstring, and he made a pair of mistakes that wound up being costly in the Angels’ 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.
The first ground ball that came to him was with two outs in the second inning, and runners at second and third. Kubitza fielded it cleanly and then hesitated throwing to first before instead starting to chase Kevin Kiermaier back to second. He threw to second to retire the Kiermaier.