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Yankees fans boo Jones for jogging after ball

Andruw Jones drew the wrath of some Yankees fans Wednesday night when he lazily chased after Alexi Casilla’s double to left field in the eighth.

The Twins’ second baseman stumbled out of the batter’s box, but Jones jogged over to the ball, and instead of throwing to second base to try to get Casilla, Jones lobbed it into third.

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“I didn’t see him fall down, so I just thought it was an automatic double,” Jones said following the 6-5 loss to the Twins at the Stadium. “It was no big deal. The guy didn’t score, right?”

Still, Jones, who figures to play more left field now that Brett Gardner is on the 15-day disabled list with a sore right elbow, heard a smattering of boos when he came to the plate in the bottom of the inning and then again in the top of the ninth, when he slipped chasing another ball.