Goldschmidt regrets toss as Yanks errors persist

NEW YORK -- If Paul Goldschmidt could bash it implicit again, helium would tally to archetypal basal successful an effort to discontinue Nick Castellanos alternatively of trying an off-balance propulsion to the sheet successful a bid to forestall Trea Turner from scoring the tying run.

Not lone did Goldschmidt's propulsion not get the 2nd retired of the seventh inning, but the Gold Glove archetypal baseman's miscue was besides the ninth mistake successful 4 games for the New York Yankees, who committed 2 Friday nighttime successful a 12-5 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies that dropped them 5½ games backmost of American League East-leading Toronto.

"I was playing successful and helium deed a small spot to my right, a small soft, and I knew [it was] going to beryllium a bang-bang play astatine archetypal and tried to get him astatine home," said Goldschmidt, a four-time Gold Glove winner. "Looking back, I should person conscionable made the play and went to archetypal basal there. I deliberation adjacent if I enactment that propulsion perfect, Turner's astir apt inactive beating that out."

With Turner connected 3rd and Kyle Schwarber connected second, Castellanos deed a 42-foot grounder astatine 61.4 mph to Goldschmidt, who was playing in. At the borderline of the grass, Goldschmidt moved to his close and made an off-balance throw, and the shot sailed implicit catcher Austin Wells' mitt arsenic Turner scored the tying run, Schwarber took 3rd and Castellanos second.

"Probably excessively assertive of a play by maine to effort and marque a play wherever they were going to beryllium harmless anyway, and it led to different basal runner alternatively than conscionable getting the retired astatine first," Goldschmidt said. "So that was a mistake."

It was Goldschmidt's 3rd mistake this play and the Yankees' 54th. Two pitches later, Luke Weaver hung a changeup that J.T. Realmuto deed for a tiebreaking, three-run homer.

"You're Paul Goldschmidt and you spot that I'm going to propulsion the shot connected line," manager Aaron Boone said. "Even if we don't person a play there, possibly thing happens. The runner trips oregon something, truthful you're trying to marque a play there."

Weaver allowed his 5th homer successful 12 appearances since making a speedy instrumentality from a hamstring wounded connected June 20. He allowed location runs successful 3 consecutive outings July 1-4 and had 4 consecutive scoreless appearances earlier Friday.

New York's relievers allowed 10 runs and person a 4.28 ERA, 23rd among the 30 teams. The Yankees person a 6.20 ERA successful July, the worst people successful the large leagues.

"It's a situation close now, but we've got to person guys measurement up," Boone said.

New York is 3-6 pursuing a five-game winning streak. The Yankees are 21-27 since opening a seven-game AL East pb with a 35-20 start, committing 30 errors during the slide.

"We're successful a bully spot to marque a tally here," said Wells, who deed 1 of the Yankees' 4 solo homers. "I deliberation the tides are going to turn."