The Boston Red Sox made several mistakes during their sloppy 4-1 loss to the New York Yankees on Friday. They had more errors (three) than hits (two) and committed yet another catcher’s interference — their MLB-leading ninth of the season .

For reference, no other team has more than six.

This one happened in the top of the third with Ben Rice at the plate, Aaron Judge on first and two outs. Lucas Giolito’s 1-2 offering to Rice resulted in catcher’s interference by Carlos Narvaez, sending Rice to first and Judge to second.

The mistake proved costly when Cody Bellinger followed with an RBI single, giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead.

After the game, Red Sox manager Alex Cora gave a surprising explanation for all the catcher’s interference calls this year, saying it’s a natural side effect

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