While the defensive gaffes can be chalked up to a young player finding his footing during his first month in the majors, it is a historically bad streak.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lombard is the first Yankees shortstop to commit an error in six straight games since Roger Peckinpaugh in 1915.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know; it\u2019s something I\u2019m trying to figure out,\u201d Lombard said after the game. \u201cObviously, it\u2019s not acceptable, can\u2019t happen at this level. If you make your pitchers have to get extra outs, just makes it way harder on us. Other teams are going to capitalize. Something we\u2019re definitely going to have to clean up and got to be better tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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New York Yankees shortstop George Lombard Jr. rushes to cover third base during the ninth inning against the Houston Astros at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in the Bronx, NY. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n
Bobbling a bouncy-yet-routine grounder off the bat of Yainer Diaz in the top of the eighth inning, Lombard inadvertently flipped the ball to Jos\u00e9 Caballero, who threw it way over the head of Luis Garc\u00eda Jr. at first base.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Christian Walker was able to reach home and give his team a 5-1 lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aaron Boone, asked about Lombard\u2019s series of errors before No. 6 occurred, assured that he didn\u2019t expect it to continue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re going to make errors at that position,\u201d the manager said. \u201cHe\u2019s just happened to make a few kind of funky ones in the last few days. One where a ball gets ricocheted, he picks it up and throws it in the dirt that he probably shouldn\u2019t have. You have one on a transfer. I think over time he\u2019s going to be really steady, as well as doing all the other things that\u2019ll wow you with his range and his strength and all that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHis work\u2019s great. He\u2019s fundamentally very good. I expect this to be a bump, or a little blip on the radar. That\u2019s my hope.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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New York Yankees shortstop George Lombard Jr. runs back to the dugout after the final out of the ninth inning against the Houston Astros at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n
Lombard wouldn\u2019t say he\u2019s pressing in the field, but the 21-year-old admitted he had to converse with the coaching staff to figure out what\u2019s going on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite committing just one error in his first 14 games, Lombard said he experienced a stretch of defensive lapses like this previously in his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just continuing to work, he said, is what helped him break out of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lombard showed flashes of his elite glove and defensive instincts earlier this month, after he was recalled for his MLB debut Aug. 4 against the Cardinals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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