It hasn't been a Daniel Descalso Jersey great 2018 season for Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez, and it didn't get any better on Monday night.

A ruinous lack of hustle from Sanchez along the basepaths in the final inning cost New York a chance to tie the game and sent Sanchez even further into the dog house.

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The Yankees found themselves within one run of the Rays in the ninth inning after battlingback from a 7-3 deficit in the seventh. New York had the bases loaded with two down in the final frame, and Sanchez drilled a sharp grounder to Tampa Bay second baseman Daniel Robertson (playing left of second on the shift).He flipped it Luis Gonzalez Jersey to shortstop Willy Adames, but the throw wasn't in time to record the out at second. The quick-thinking Adames gunned it to first base, easily beating a sluggish Sanchez for the final out andgiving Tampa Chris Owings Jersey the 7-6 win.

How the game ended with Gary Sanchez's at-bat

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After the game, Sanchez spoke to reporters and admitted he "should've run harder."

Gary Sanchez: I should've run harder.

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Yankees manager Aaron Boone hadn't seen the replay when discu sing the out with reporters,but did commenton Sanchez's final Shelby Miller Jersey at-bat, hisnight in general and his overall performance in 2018.

Aaron Boone on Gary Sanchez's night

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The Yankees catcher is batting a rough .188 with an OPS of .706 this season. His power has been there with 14 home runs and 42 RBIs, but he hasn't been the consistent threat at the plate the Yankees expected him Kole Calhoun Jersey to be. Sanchez has also battled through injury at times this season, including a 20-game absence from June 25 through July 15.

Sanchez certainly isn't known for his speed, but with the play bang-bang as it was and the game on the line, there's a chance he could have beat the throw Starling Marte Jersey and tied the score with even just a little hustle.