Dbacks let injured runner limp home to score, a breakdown
What Happened
In a tight matchup between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Milwaukee Brewers, the game takes an unexpected turn in the late innings. The Brewers' Daniel Vogelbach, a powerful left-handed hitter, is on first base after a fielder's choice. Milwaukee's star outfielder Christian Yelich steps to the plate, and the Diamondbacks bring in a left-handed pitcher to face him. Yelich is struck out, and the Diamondbacks bring in a right-handed pitcher to face the upcoming Brewers hitter. Vogelbach, sensing an opportunity, takes off for second base. The Diamondbacks' catcher makes a strong throw to nail him, but Vogelbach's speed allows him to slide in safely. The Diamondbacks now have one out with Vogelbach still on base. The right-handed pitcher walks the next Brewers batter, putting runners on first and second. With the game on the line, the Diamondbacks bring in a new right-handed pitcher to face the Brewers' left-handed hitter. The pitcher gets a hit, and Vogelbach, who is now limping with an apparent hamstring injury, takes off for home. The Diamondbacks' outfielder retrieves the ball and throws it in, but the infielders, unaware of Vogelbach's injury, fail to cover home plate. Vogelbach, grimacing in pain, slowly makes his way home, and the Diamondbacks' catcher and coach can only watch in dismay as the run scores. "Awful, just awful," the Diamondbacks' coach is heard saying, shaking his head at the missed opportunity to prevent the run. The Brewers' dugout erupts in cheers as Vogelbach, despite his injury, crosses the plate, tying the game. The inning continues with more odd plays, as a Brewers batter hits a ball that the Diamondbacks' outfielder fails to catch, allowing another run to score. The Diamondbacks make yet another pitching change, bringing in a left-handed pitcher to face a left-handed Brewers hitter. However, the left-handed pitcher instead picks off the runner at second base, shifting the focus back to the batter at home plate. It's a bizarre and chaotic inning, filled with missed opportunities, defensive lapses, and an injured runner who is nonetheless allowed to limp home and score the tying run for the Brewers. The game remains tied, setting the stage for an exciting finish as these two playoff-contending teams battle it out.
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D-backs had a lot of action on the base
path first you got the first out long
getting caught stealing nice throw by
the catcher there and then on the base
path that you have vogelbach just using
his speed as an advantage forcing bad
plays from the defense busting it down
the line he's on first base and he's
safe the D-backs have the Lefty in to
face the Lefty and he's going to strike
Yelich out good job by him so then they
take him out because the right he's
coming up they only need one more out
we'll have this righty come in to face
the righty he'll get the last out of the
inning all will be glorious bogey is
still on first base and the righty is
now pitching and he walks the righty So
the plan goes to because now the
righty has to face a lefty and at this
point you wish you would have just kept
the Lefty in and he gets a hit and
vogelbach is Off to the Races outfielder
gets the ball he's gonna throw it in and
the infielders don't even throw it home
because they don't realize that vogelbak
pulled his hamstring or strained it
really bad and the catcher screaming at
him and the coach says awful just awful
and here he is comes up lame around
third the hamstring real bad he's in a
lot of pain at this point he's like are
they gonna throw me out oh they're
not going to throw me out I gotta run
home catchers are screaming four four
four they don't throw it home the
pitcher is behind and he sees him and
he's pointing and he says come on go go
go go go go go go go go go go go go go
damn it
the Run scores D-backs just not paying
attention vogelbach hurt severe
hamstring strain I think he uh missing
they said six weeks I think we're well
into that six weeks here so hopefully by
the time this video is being released
he's doing much better he's a cool dude
came on the show Once talked to us
Tuesday Brews day so yeah he got hurt
but you know nice of the D-backs to let
him score and then later in this inning
weird stuff was still happening that
gets punched into right and instead of
catching it it doesn't catch it right at
his feet so that scores another run and
another run
just a big inning by the Brew Crew on
really kind of odd baseball because now
they're going to make another pitching
change and say all right righty you're
out of here we're going to bring in the
Lefty to face the Lefty and then the
Lefty doesn't even have to face the
Lefty because he's just gonna pick the
runner off and then he goes to Second
and they're like wait actually let's
focus on the runner at home and he's out
what a weird inning