Conforto gets hit by the pitch on purpose to win the game, a breakdown

Name: Conforto gets hit by the pitch on purpose to win the game, a breakdown
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Apr 8, 2021 1.5M views 3:18

MLB 2021

What Happened

Michael Conforto, the New York Mets outfielder, steps to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning with the game tied 3-3 against the Miami Marlins. The Mets have runners on second and third base with one out. Marlins manager Don Mattingly opts to intentionally walk Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor to load the bases and set up a potential force play. Conforto, who has been struggling at the plate, faces Marlins pitcher Anthony Bender. After fighting off a couple of tough pitches, Conforto appears to get hit by a pitch that would force in the winning run for the Mets. Umpire Ron Kulpa initially signals a strikeout, but then realizes Conforto was hit by the pitch and awards him first base. The Mets' players and coaches erupt in celebration, swarming Conforto near first base. However, Mattingly questions the call, believing Conforto intentionally leaned into the pitch. Kulpa reviews the play, but determines the hit-by-pitch call will stand, giving the Mets a 4-3 walk-off victory. Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo says, "That was as clear of a lean-in as you'll ever see. He didn't even try to get out of the way." Marlins manager Don Mattingly argues with Kulpa, stating, "You can see with your own eyes, he leaned right into that pitch. That's not how the game is supposed to be played." Despite the controversial finish, the Mets secure an important win in their NL East division race. Mets starter Jacob deGrom comments, "We'll take it any way we can get it at this point. Conforto did what he had to do to get us the win." The result is particularly meaningful for Mets relievers Trevor May and Miguel Rojas, who co-host a podcast together and will surely have plenty to discuss regarding this eventful finish.

we just had a wild finish to this mets

and marlins game it's two to one

mets are losing three more outs and the

game is over mcneil goes

i think i'll just hit an absolute bomb

home run

tie this up real quick 3-1 fastball

into the upper deck to tie the game in

the bottom of the ninth whew

those guys brutally missed that high

five let's go

he's got the ball look at that tosses

his bat

hops down the first baseline gotta love

then my dude girme he gets on little

infield hit

beats it out nice play by birdie bounce

the throw but he's on first then they

shift

all the way over for nimmo thinking he's

gonna pull the ball so he just slaps it

the other way

now the mets are gonna have runners on

second and third one out so they

intentionally walk lindor he looks at

the dugout says let's go

let's get it and conforto comes up who's

been struggling

they wanted this match up he attacks him

in the zone conforto immediately goes

down o2

he battles that fouls it off battles

that fouls it off he's gonna take this

ball high

and now here's where things get very fun

and interesting

it's a strike in the zone the ump rings

them up oh wait

he says oh no that's a hit by pitch

which would mean an

rbi hit by pitch i really run batted in

but look at this

and i mean never one of the more clear

cut he leaned into the pitch

i've ever seen the rule doesn't say you

can't lean

into the pitch the rule says you have to

try to avoid getting hit

so that says about as

brutal as you can do that because he did

not try to avoid getting hit he tried to

get hit

umpire ron culpa famous for saying the

words i can do whatever i want

starts to ring him up then says oh no oh

no oh no probably heard

both sounds off the elbow pad lindor's

gonna make out with him dumb smith's

gonna get him wet the mets are

celebrating

it's kind of an awkward celebration

donnie baseball's like hold up

hold up hold up this game can't be over

culpa i'm guessing is saying here like

do you want me to review if he got hit

by a pitch i can't review

if he did it intentionally but i can

review if he hit him and maddling is

like just go review everything

and then they review it and they say yup

play stands and it's not that

they re madding's like what and it's not

that they

reviewed it and said no he didn't

intentionally get hit that

per rule is not a reviewable play and

you can see

my dude maggie rojas right here saying

like you can review that and culpa says

i can't repeat why not and then culpa

just says i don't know it's not my fault

and

rojas the gentleman and he says okay all

right i'll leave you alone and he walks

away

then donnie baseball comes up the roast

and he goes could you see he goes yeah i

could see with my eye

saw the whole thing clear his day

he leaned into the pitch wild finish so

it's a walk off

hit by pitch for the mets on

a strike three pitch walk off hit by

pitch on strike three

the cool thing is that trevor mays on

the mets miguel rojas is on the marlins

both those guys have a podcast on the

john boy media network the chris rose

rotation

so we're going to hear about this from

both sides make sure you get ready to

tune into that because i

am very interested to hear what rojas we

saw in this video and trevor may your

pitch in this game have to say about

this

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