The pitch clock claimed another victim Saturday.
With the New York Yankees trailing the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 to begin the bottom of the ninth, Oswaldo Cabrera was called out on strikes for taking too long to get set in the batter's box.
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Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley then navigated around a Juan Soto double and an intentional walk of Aaron Judge to escape with his MLB-leading 42nd save.
Cabrera took responsibility for the blunder postgame.
"Obviously, I thought that I was on time," he told reporters. "I don't know if I was or not, but at the same time, I know it was my fault, so I have to get better in that situation and with those things with the rules."
The loss dropped New York to 79-57 and shrunk its AL East lead over the second-place Baltimore Orioles to one game.
