New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells jogged his approach into an uncommon double play throughout the ninth inning of Wednesday’s sport versus the Tampa Bay Rays (box score) when he misplaced observe of what number of outs there have been within the body.
Wells was stationed at first base with one down when outfielder Trent Grisham positioned a bunt towards third base. Tampa Bay’s José Caballero fielded the ball and threw out Grisham for the second out within the inning.
That is when issues went awry for Wells and the Yankees. Rays first baseman Jonathan Aranda stored his eyes locked on Wells, who, briefly order, started to jog towards the Yankees’ dugout on the first-base facet of the sphere. Aranda alertly threw to shortstop Taylor Walls, entrapping Wells in a pickle. The Rays then transformed the out to pressure extras.
Here is a have a look at the play in query in all its shifting picture glory:
The Yankees had solely simply tied the sport at 3-3 earlier than Wells reached on a single, with the tiebreaker approaching a house run by shortstop Anthony Volpe off reliever Pete Fairbanks. They’d go on to win on a walk-off hit by Ryan McMahon within the backside of the eleventh.
“Thought there have been three outs,” supervisor Aaron Boone informed reporters after the sport. “Clearly cannot occur… What do you say? Cannot occur.”
Wells, 26, entered Wednesday hitting .211/.272/.430 (92 OPS+) with 15 residence runs and 5 stolen bases in his first 86 video games. His contributions had been value an estimated 0.5 Wins Above Alternative, in response to Baseball Reference’s calculations. That is a downgrade from 2024, his first full season, by which he got here in third place for the American League Rookie of the Yr.
The Yankees, who ended Wednesday with a 59-49 file and a four-game deficit within the American League East, have been tied for the second fewest outs on the bases in all of Main League Baseball earlier than Wells’ flub. Per Baseball Reference, the Houston Astros have been the one workforce with fewer outs on the bases coming into Wednesday, albeit whereas additionally taking fewer further bases throughout the run of play.