New York Yankees receiver Gary Sanchez admits he should have struggled in the loss to the Tampa Bay Rays

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida – A few minutes after throwing his helmet on Tropicana Field's turf after being sent off a 4-6-3 offside, New York Yankees receiver Gary Sanchez voiced his regretfully not running "

If he had sprinted out of the batter's box, he could have reached the first goal, which would have allowed Aaron Judge to score a crucial point on the ninth Monday. night against the Tampa Bay Rays.

"I should have run harder," said Sanchez through an interpreter. "I could have done a better job, that's for sure."

Sanchez's ground allowed the Yankees to lose 7-6, their fourth in Tampa Bay this season and their ninth in 13 games at Tropicana Field since the beginning. New York is now 13-13 overall since June 22. With that loss, he dropped six games behind the Boston Red Sox of the American League East.

When Sanchez slapped the game to success By finishing in the middle of the field, he directly touched it to second baseman Rays Daniel Robertson, who was playing on the left side of the base as part of 39, a shift.

Because the ball was hit Sanchez had two of the three hardest hit balls in the game, this one had an exit speed of 108.3 mph) the Yankees catcher seemed to have thought the Rays were going to get a rather easy force to second base.

"But that did not happen," said Sanchez

Aaron Hicks, who started the game early while the judge was third, sprinting. Inted hard to second and slipped awkwardly, but right in front of the stop-court Willy Adames' attempts to touch the bag before him. After seeing Hicks called for safety, Sanchez tried to speed up while Adames rushed to the first base to settle for the final.

"He must find his pace quickly, and he should be able to do it now," Yankees manager Aaron Boone told Sanchez.

Boone and Sanchez argue that the catcher is back to health after being rested and having rehabilitated a groin injury that he suffered the last time the Yankees visited Tampa .

After a stay of nearly four weeks on the wounded list, he returned to the Yankees' line-up last Friday. Because he's completely back, the Yankees do not believe that there is a reason for Sanchez to run slowly to be safe with the muscle that has already been injured.

"He should be able to get out of it." Boone said

Sanchez's lack of effort not only hurt the Yankees at the end of the match. With two outs in the first leg, Luis Severino of Sanchez and the Yankees saw his signals merged with Rays first baseman Jake Bauers who was on second base

. fingers, "Severino said, believing that Sanchez was asking him to launch a slider. He said, "No, I called one."

The receiver was waiting for a fastball, and had trouble keeping Severino's height in front of him. When he escaped, he jumped well the third baseline. Lost at first, Sanchez seemed to run towards the balloon, thinking that Bauer would only attempt one base.

But the opportunistic scorer suddenly became aggressive, taking his turn in the third round. By the time Sanchez picked up the pace of the baseball, Bauers was heading for a slide of his head at home, well before Sanchez's throw that eventually hit him.

"Yeah, that's another example if I would have done better work, be faster, get that ball, maybe we have a chance to take it home," Sanchez said. . "It's my fault."

Bauers knew that with the departure of the Yankees on the mound, it was important to have a chance to run early.

"Everything was right in front of me," says Bauers. "Once in third place, I saw the tight window that was there and I decided to try my luck."