Hanley on 9th-inning error: ‘That can’t happen’

ANAHEIM — The first thought that came to Red Sox first baseman Hanley Ramirez’s mind when Daniel Nava provided the gift of a ground ball with one out in the bottom of the ninth on Thursday night at Angel Stadium?

Start a double play and end the game.

Ramirez instead ended the game in an entirely different way than he imagined in this gutpunch of a 2-1 loss for the Red Sox against the Angels.

The throw home was way high and wide to the third-base side. Catcher Sandy Leon never had a chance. Mike Trout roared home for the tying run, with Ji-Man Choi right behind him for the walk-off run.

“I tried to get two before I got one,” said Ramirez. “That can’t happen. I know better than that. I know that I’ve got Trout on third and it was a tough ground ball, but I’ve got to make sure of one. I kind of started running before I threw it.”

Perhaps these are the kind of plays that happen when a team is in a rut. For the first time this season, the Red Sox have lost four in a row. They came into the game 50-0 when leading after eight innings.

“It just didn’t look like he set his feet,” said Red Sox manager John Farrell.

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