Hosmer drops the final out while celebrating catching the final out (MISTAKES WERE MADE)
What Happened
The game is tied late between the San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers have the tying run on second base and Christian Yelich on first as relief pitcher Craig Stammen takes the mound for the Padres. Stammen gets the ground ball he needs, with catcher Austin Nola firing the ball to first baseman Eric Hosmer to record the second out. Hosmer, thinking he has caught the final out, begins to celebrate, but the ball bounces out of his glove. Shortstop Manny Machado, seeing the opportunity, quickly scoops up the loose ball and fires it towards Hosmer, but the throw is off the mark. Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. celebrates in the background as the Brewers narrowly avoid the final out. Stammen, unfazed, gets the next batter out to secure the victory for the Padres. Catcher Luis Mejia, who hit a home run earlier in the game, his first of the season, is pumped up about the win. Tatis playfully goes to "beat him up" over the home run. Pitching coach Larry Rothschild congratulates the team, telling them not to worry about Hosmer's miscue, as they got the job done. Hosmer comes off the field looking frustrated, realizing his mistake. Mejia gives him a look, seemingly questioning how he could have dropped that final out. Despite the sloppy ending, the Padres hold on for the narrow victory over their divisional rival Brewers.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentWe had a fun little moment here, San Diego versus Milwaukee. One run difference
here, and the Brewers are threatening. They have the tying run on second base, and
Yelich bronze on first. Stammen's trying to get the job done. He needs two outs,
and the catcher grounds out to the catcher. Mejia picks it up, fires the third
to get the lead runner. Man, he fires it across. Hosmer thinks he caught it,
and the game, he did not. Take another look at that play again. It's really
nice by Mejia, the catcher for the Padres. I think that's who it is, Mejia.
At 23 years old, hit a home run in this game, first of the season.
Really good throw to get the lead runner. And then Machado's thinking, well, I got
the arm. Might as well. Are you kidding me, man? Would have been a real
cool way to end the game. Would have been a nice play I started. Man,
he's like, come on, Hos. It was right there. I know. I don't know what
happened. Must be my fucking glove. Yeah, I think my glove, it's too loose. Let
me tighten this bad boy up. Yeah, oh, fixed. All good. Here's the play again.
Man, he's like, well, I got the arm strength. Like, throws a rock at Hosmer's.
Yeah! Tatis in the background celebrating. Nope. Had to go. But it didn't
matter because Stammen gets the job done. Game over. No harm. No foul. Three more
pitches or four more pitches, whatever it was. They're excited. Mejia's pumped. He had his
first homer of the season. So Tatis is going to beat him up a little
bit. Stammen's saying, good job, boys. Good job. Don't even worry about that. Good job.
Tatis is like, I'm going to kick your ass. You hit a home run. And
then Hosmer comes down the line. And Mejia looks at him like, come on, dude.
What the hell? You couldn't just catch that ball?