In Wednesday’s eighth inning, Gleyber Torres ’brain ramps helped the Yankees lose the lead.
In the ninth, their clutch single helped them advance and eventually leave Camden Yards with a 4-3 win over the Orioles.
It was another interesting day in this strange season for the 24-year-old.
Torres, retired from Tuesday’s win because manager Aaron Boone was unhappy with his lack of haste and worried about his defensive shortcomings, may have turned and stepped back to the Yankees’ good graces after another hiccup in the rural area.
After Luke Voit led the ninth with a walk, Torres picked the Orioles reliever Tyler Wells center and then stole second in a double steal with Tyler Wade and got the game-winning streak in Brett Gardner’s single.
“I think it was important, he just threw a really hard bat-bat,” Boone said after the Yankees won their third straight game, after 12 losses in 15 games. “That’s a great point and I think he did a very good job inside the bat. … He helped us prepare for this post. “
An earlier post, Torres had made a mental mistake. With the first-placed baseman in the eighth, Cedric Mullins fired a rocket at Torres in the second. Torres, last Monday at second base as his defensive problems have worsened, threw the ball after a brief balance. But he immediately threw at first base instead of second, so it could have been a double play. Instead of two outs, the Yankees only got one. And with two starts, Austin Hays took advantage of Chad Green to get a two-run homer.
“Initially, [Austin] Wynns froze him a bit and just kicked him out, ”Boone said, referring to the Orioles receiver who was the runner at first. “It simply came to our notice then. He had time, but at the beginning he ended up taking the exit ”.
Before the game, Boone headed to retire Torres in the eighth inning on Tuesday. He said it wasn’t just his defense, it was his failure to run out of a ground ball. The two talked about the play that irritated the manager.
“I spoke to him after the game [Tuesday] at night and we’ll leave it a bit like that, ”said Boone. “It’s not something I’m planning to do. There were things that came up in the game [Tuesday] at night, he felt the need to get him out of there [that] night. “
When asked if he was upset that Torres didn’t reject him after he landed, Boone said, “A little, yes.”
This has been mainly a missed season for the young camper, who has struggled with injuries, a false positive test of the COVID-19 that sidelined him and he fights both on the field and on the plate. In 2019, Torres hit 38 homers, drove in 90 runs and posted a strong .871 OPS. This year, he has a .253 / .324 / .350 anemic line with a .674 OPS and just seven homers in 397 bats. He has also made the worst 19 mistakes of his career.
But on Wednesday, Torres helped the Yankees win a major game, even if he was partly responsible for them falling behind.