BOSTON — For as much of a boost as Miguel Andujar has provided to the Yankees this season, the team’s concerns about his defense have proven to be well-founded.
And that was never truer than when he couldn’t make what would have been a game-ending throw in the bottom of the ninth at Fenway Park.
After fielding Xander Bogaerts’ grounder at third with Aroldis Chapman and the Yankees clinging to a one-run lead, Andujar bounced the throw to first, where Greg Bird couldn’t come up with it.
The ball got far enough away from Bird that pinch-runner Jackie Bradley Jr.