Gleyber Torres made a routine error for the second straight night during the Yankees’ 11-3 loss to the Dodgers on Saturday night at the Stadium.
Torres dropped a pop fly into shallow right field on a play he was casually following on Friday, then booted up an easy grounder from Shohei Ohtani in the top of the eighth inning on Saturday.
Torres was saved by an interception on Friday, but he wasn’t so lucky this time, as Ohtani scored on a grand slam off Teoscar Hernandez off Tommy Kahnle.
“You’ve got to be able to forget about it,” coach Aaron Boone said of Torres’ miss. “That’s tough. … When Gleyber’s at his best, he plays easy and he gets in a little bit of trouble at times, but that’s what allows him to make a lot of plays.”
On Saturday’s grounder, Boone thought Torres may have been running the wrong way and “protected the ball too well,” he said.
Torres said he was frustrated by the mistake but added that he wasn’t putting too much pressure on himself.
“I just made errors,” said Torres, who has 10 errors this year after 15 last season. “Especially in a situation like this, you’ve got to make sure you get the outs. … You try to find a solution.” [Sunday]” .
Gerrit Cole is scheduled to make his second rehab start for Double-A Somerset on Sunday, with Boone saying he expects the right-hander to throw around 50-60 pitches.
The manager added that Cole was sidelined during spring training with elbow inflammation and missed the first two-plus months of the regular season, so he may not be able to fully develop in the minor leagues before making his season debut with the Yankees.
“It’s possible that it won’t come when he throws 100 pitches,” Boone said, “I don’t know what that will be. Gerrit will have a big say in that.”
Boone also noted that Cole may have to throw fewer pitches when he returns to the Yankees than he did in his final rehab game because of the increased level of competition.
Boone said after Friday night’s 11-inning loss to the Dodgers that the team “had discussions” about potentially adding another bullpen pitcher but decided against it.
The Yankees have not had a day off in 13 consecutive days.
“It’s one of those times of the season where it’s a little bit tricky,” Boone said. “Fortunately, our starting pitchers have been pretty good and consistent all year long and we feel like we’re OK.”
The Yankees replaced three more relievers Saturday before using Oswaldo Cabrera to get the final out in the top of the ninth.
The infielder walked two batters before getting Miguel Rojas to ground out.
Aaron Judge struggled through the first few weeks of the season but is once again playing like the best player in the world.
Boone said it wouldn’t have made a big difference to Judge even if the outcome had been significantly different.
“He’s weathered the inevitable ups and downs well. It’s just a matter of delicate timing,” Boone said.
Judge hit two more home runs on Saturday, giving him 23 this year.
He entered the game leading the majors in home runs, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS, extra-base hits, walks and WAR (4.4) among fielders, according to Fangraphs.
DJ LeMahieu was just four hits in 26 at-bats with no extra base hits in his first eight games since returning from a broken foot, but entered Saturday’s game without a hit and four strikeouts in his past two games.
But he fought back with two singles and a walk for his first multi-hit game of the year.
LeMahieu also showed great defense at third base in the sixth inning.
