An old flaw reared its ugly head on Saturday as the Boston Red Sox lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Boston’s defense has improved from the start of the season, but errors sank the ship to give the Red Sox their third straight loss.

They were only charged with one error on the evening, but two plays jumped out as game-changing. Lucas Giolito wasn’t sharp on the day, putting traffic on the bases in seemingly every inning, but only two of the four runs he allowed were earned.

In the bottom of the second inning with one out and the bases loaded, Giolito induced a ground ball up the middle. Trevor Story charged it, but it deflected off his glove and rolled into center field, scoring two runs. With Jake McCarthy running, it might have been a difficult double play to turn, but it should have

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