Yankees’ strong defensive start undone by ugly sequence sparked by Cody Bellinger’s errant throw

Jakob Marsee followed with what seemed to be a relatively harmless flare single to shallow left, but that’s when things got interesting.

José Caballero and Ryan McMahon both chased after the ball before it landed in front of Bellinger.

With no one covering third base, Ramirez raced toward the bag, as McMahon tried to recover and get back.

Still on the run, McMahon tried to catch Bellinger’s throw — which was off the bag — and it went into foul territory.

Ramirez scored on the play, as no one was at home, either, to give Miami a four-run lead, with Marsee moving to second.

Blackburn whiffed Otto Lopez to avoid further damage.

It was an ugly anomaly for the Yankees, who had played relatively strong fundamentally to get off to a 6-1 start to the season.