Giancarlo Stanton doesn’t even have his defense to fall back on these days.
The first-year Yankee badly misread a fly ball off the bat of Jackie Bradley Jr. in the bottom of the third Thursday night, allowing the Red Sox to score another run in a disastrous inning for Yankees starter Sonny Gray. Boston led 6-0 after the third on a rainy night at Fenway Park.
Stanton, trying to locate the ball in the pouring rain, put his hand up against the side wall near the foul line before swiveling his head as the ball dropped about 10 feet from where he was standing.