Trea Turner steals home to tie the game in college but the ump blows the call, a breakdown
What Happened
Jomboy revisits a 2014 NCAA tournament game between NC State and UNC, with Trea Turner as the centerpiece. With NC State leading by one in the fifth inning, Turner was on third with the bases loaded and one out. On a 1-2 pitch ruled a strike on a clear ball, Turner broke for home and slid in safely, but the umpire called him out, and UNC celebrated like they'd escaped the inning. Replays showed Turner beat the tag easily. NC State, who would have tied it on that play, lost the game 4-3 and was eliminated.
Why This Matters
This breakdown landed because of who Turner became. By 2019 he was a star shortstop known for elite speed and aggressive baserunning, so showing a college clip of him getting robbed at home gave fans a five-year-old grudge to relitigate. The umpire compounded one mistake with another. The pitch looked outside, which would have walked in a run and locked the count, and then he called Turner out on a play that wasn't close. There's no replay review in that NCAA setting, so the blown call stood and helped end NC State's season. Turner's college resume is wild on its own: 57 steals as a 2012 freshman, more than 158 Division I team totals, plus a five-steal game. Several pitchers in the clip, Trevor Kelly and Trent Thornton among them, reached the majors by 2019.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentwell we're all talking about Trey Turner
and baserunning so let's talk about Trey
Turner and baserunning the AC C digital
networks that Trey Turner is no stranger
to aggressive baserunning or
controversial calls let's take a look
back to 2014
Brad Lauer says hey love to hear
recapping this one me too Brad let's
take a look looks interesting Trey
Turner was a freshman in 2012 he turned
down someone that drafted him and he
recorded 57 stolen bases his freshman
year which set the record and it was
more than the team totals 158 division 1
teams said an NC state record also tied
he had five steals in one game what an
insane stat if he threw out Trey Turner
in 2012 keep the ball that's a trophy we
got number 44 pitching for UNC that is
Trevor Kelly he made his debut for the
Red Sox this year UNC's up by one run
fifth inning Trey Turner's on third base
bases loaded one out here's the 1 2
pitch outside but he calls it a strike
the batter loses all hope for the world
gets deflated Trey Turner's coming home
and I'm just gonna call him out to the
old weird ass double play look at this
that pitch probably outside what are you
gonna do College jump this is ridiculous
no one's ever been more safe that's the
tying run right there a ballsy play by
Trey Turner he doesn't get rewarded he
goes no come on they're celebrating
third base coach gets pushed aside by
the Maine coach who says I'll handle
this you miss that blue UNC
celebrating like they just turned a
double-play on too bad nothing this look
at this replay man that's a tough tough
way to lose Trey Turner scores the tying
run they went on to lose this game 4 to
3 that would have been the tying run
Zac Rice was the winning pitcher Trent
Thornton he's on the Blue Jays now
Zacharias is somewhere Skybolt hit a
home run he made his debut in 2019 Trent
Thornton made his debut in 2019 and NS
su was eliminated but really they tied
the game in the fifth inning tough break
for Trey