It’s not every day you
see a ballgame end on a 9-2-4-6 double play, and I’m pretty sure it was first time
in MLB history such an occurrence began with a base hit, but that’s what
happened in Friday night’s White Sox-Royals’ game.
The Royals had the
tying run on second base with one out when Lorenzo Cain lined a single to
right. Avisail Garcia stumbled forward
as he charged the ball, somehow maintaining his balance as he threw to the
plate. The one-hop throw beat a sliding
Whitt Merrifield, which explains the 9-2 part of the play, but there’s more. Sox catcher Omar Narvaez then threw to first,
where Cain had wandered off into no-man’s land.
Second baseman Yoan Moncada then made a one-hop throw to second which
shortstop Tim Anderson corralled before tagging out Cain as he tried to slide
in. End of game.
Imagine, this happened
the same night ex-Sox Todd Frazier got picked off of second base in Toronto via
the hidden ball trick courtesy of Ryan Goins.
Like they say, you just can’t beat fun at the ol’ ballpark.
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