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Jordan Leandre on errant first pitch: ‘It just kind of slipped out of my hand’

As part of the Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon, pediatric cancer survivor Jordan Leandre threw out the first pitch for the Red Sox-Cardinals game at Fenway Park on Wednesday night.

But it didn’t quite go as planned.

Leandre, who is a pitcher at Dennis-Yarmouth High School, launched the ball just a bit outside of the strike zone.

First pitch tonight at Fenway..missed his target, by just a little bit. #RedSox pic.twitter.com/IrPG95xYf1

— Chad Amaral (@chad_amaral) August 16, 2017

The 17-year-old took to Twitter to crack some jokes about his performance.