Gleyber Torres’ crucial miscue spoils his big offensive night

LOS ANGELES — One inning, Gleyber Torres’ inability to grip a short hop costs nan Yankees nan lead.

The next, he astir wins them nan crippled pinch his bat.

Game 1 of nan World Series provided nan full Torres experience.

Unfortunately for nan Yankees, Juan Soto’s propulsion that Torres couldn’t grip contributed to their heartbreaking 6-3 loss astatine Dodger Stadium successful a awesome way.

In nan bottommost of nan eighth inning, he couldn’t travel up pinch a Soto propulsion astatine 2nd base, allowing Shohei Ohtani to scope 3rd guidelines connected a double pinch 1 out.

The adjacent batter, Mookie Betts, past tied nan crippled pinch a sacrifice fly.

“Big. Every small point from nan crippled is an opportunity for nan discourtesy to get different run, and Ohtani went to third, Mookie deed nan alert shot to center, and it was a necktie game,” a somber Torres said afterward. “I person to [make] nan adjustment. If I get different opportunity, effort to artifact nan ball, support it successful beforehand and make it much simple.”

Soto was charged pinch an correction connected nan throw.

Torres said he ne'er saw nan shot aft it caromed toward nan mound.

“Once there’s nary play, you really [have to] retreat and springiness crushed and get a agelong hop, but he still sewage to a short hop,” head Aaron Boone said. “You’ve conscionable sewage to unafraid it there.”

The pursuing frame, Torres astir went heavy pinch 2 outs, his thrust going complete nan left-center section wall erstwhile a Dodgers instrumentality reached over.

It was ruled instrumentality interference connected nan section and upheld aft a review.

The instrumentality was instantly escorted retired of nan building, Dodger Stadium information told The Post.

Shades of Jeffrey Maier, isolated from dissimilar successful 1996 against nan Orioles successful The Bronx, this time, nan telephone went against nan Yankees.

“I conscionable tried to get to 2nd base,” Torres said. “I deed it well, but erstwhile nan shot was adjacent to nan wall, I didn’t cognize what happened. I didn’t spot it very well.”

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It was different coagulated nighttime astatine nan sheet for Torres, who had 2 hits arsenic he continued to thrive retired of nan leadoff spot.

On Aug. 16, nan 27-year-old Torres was inserted into nan apical spot successful nan batting bid and has deed .310 since that day.

He had produced a .400 on-base percent successful nan playoffs, serving arsenic a value table-setter for nan Yankees large bats.

But it was nan play successful nan section that loomed largest successful nan end.

Had he kept nan shot successful beforehand of him, nan Yankees whitethorn person been capable to observe a Game 1 win.