PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Four exhibition games in, including one against a college team, and Rusney Castillo has two noticeable mental errors.
He didn’t run out what turned out to be a ground-ball double play on Thursday against Northeastern. Yesterday, in a 7-3 loss to the Rays, he ran too far.
Castillo singled in the seventh inning to load the bases. That’s good.
Two batters later, Cole Sturgeon singled to left, and Castillo was easily thrown out heading to third as two runs scored: Matt Dominguez from third base and Deven Marrero from second.