Twins rally by having two pitches hit the knob of their bat and be ruled hit by pitches, a breakdown
What Happened
The Minnesota Twins stage a dramatic rally in the top of the seventh inning against Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Shane Bieber. With the Twins trailing by two runs, leadoff batter Max Kepler steps up and gets hit by a pitch, though the replay shows the ball hit the knob of Kepler's bat rather than his hand. Umpire Ron Kulpa initially rules Kepler was hit by the pitch and the Twins' dugout erupts in protest, arguing the ball did not actually hit Kepler. After the umpires review the play, they stand by the hit-by-pitch call, much to the frustration of Guardians manager Terry Francona. The next batter, Luis Arraez, also appears to get hit by a pitch, but again the replay shows the ball hitting the bat. Umpire Kulpa rules Arraez was hit and the Twins now have runners on first and second with no outs. Bieber, who had been cruising through six strong innings, begins to unravel. Twins outfielder Jake Cave steps to the plate and takes an 0-2 pitch that the umpires rule hit his hand, loading the bases. Francona and the Guardians' coaching staff vehemently argue the call, as the replay shows the ball hitting the knob of Cave's bat, not his hand. However, the umpires uphold the decision and the Twins now have the bases loaded with no outs. "That doesn't seem like it should be allowed," a frustrated Francona tells the umpires. The Twins capitalize on the controversial calls, as the next batter, Gilberto Celestino, hits a bloop single to tie the game at 3-3. Bieber is removed from the game, but the damage has been done and the Twins have rallied to even the score late in the contest.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentthe twins had an interesting rally in
the top of the seventh against Bieber
the pride of Cleveland he walked first
batter next batter gets some strike one
there good game so far six innings
pitched your earned runs uh-oh did that
just hit that guy in the hand he's
acting like it did he's acting like it
sure did
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hit him in the hand no no I hit the knob
of the bat you could probably hear it it
was probably pretty obvious and Frank
Henderson had hit the bat first Ron
Kulpa says all right we'll take a look
no that hit his hand which is odd
because it just didn't hit his hand and
that's the main problem
next up Gonzalez is going to get a
single that's gonna score one run now
he's got 1st and 2nd he looks at the UMP
like you kind of did this dude so no
gets a hit so maybe Bieber's faltering
anyway now there's bases loaded it's
only a two-run lead
and Jake cave is up he gets him Oh - so
he's gonna try and go a little high
fastball it's not even that inside it's
kind of over the plate and he says hey
that hit my hand - I'm one of the hand
get her hitters guy as well and here's
the replay and did it I don't know he
throws his hands out this seems just
like it shouldn't be allowed they're
gonna come out and say hey we want to
replay this we think that hit his hand
as well here's the replay super zoomed
in his fingers overlap the knob of the
bat and it hits his finger for sure but
it's overlapping the bat and he's kind
of swinging not really swinging but he's
moving his hands in on top of the plate
they say nope you got hit so now another
run scores on that Francona can't
believe it that doesn't seem like it
should be allowed Bieber strikes out the
next guy he comes out of the game he's
still got one more runner on base the
next pitcher comes in he's gonna give up
a bloop it that ties the game kind of
ruins Bieber's line still a good game
but not what he wanted gives him 6.13
earns he was looking way better than
that
interesting interesting game bad humps I
don't know the rulebook
there seems like that second one
shouldn't be allowed the first one is
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