Marisnick collides with Lucroy at the plate, a breakdown

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What Happened

Jake Marisnick of the Houston Astros collides violently with Jonathan Lucroy of the Los Angeles Angels at home plate in the bottom of the ninth inning of a tied game. Marisnick is leading off third base as Astros outfielder George Springer hits a fly ball to right field for the second out. Marisnick breaks for home as the throw comes in and the two players collide in a bone-crunching impact. Lucroy is immediately knocked unconscious and the Astros' trainer rushes out to attend to him. They struggle to get Lucroy onto his side as he lays motionless on the ground. Finally, they are able to get him stabilized and onto a cart, as Marisnick watches on, clearly shaken by the incident. Marisnick later tweets that he "thought the play was going to end up on the outside of the plate" and that he "made a split-second decision at full speed to slide headfirst on the inside part of the plate." He expresses remorse, saying "that decision got another player hurt and I feel awful." The announcers note that home plate collisions like this were once commonplace in baseball, but new rules have been implemented to prevent such dangerous plays. They speculate that if Lucroy had been wearing a hockey-style catcher's mask, he may have avoided serious injury. The game remains tied at 10-10 as Lucroy is carted off the field, his face and head visibly injured. Marisnick approaches Lucroy on the cart, offering some pats on the back, but Lucroy appears disoriented and unaware of his surroundings. The announcers reiterate that Marisnick did not appear to intentionally try to harm Lucroy, but made a split-second decision that had devastating consequences. The umpires eventually rule Marisnick out on the play, despite the controversial nature of the collision. The game continues with the score knotted at 10, but the focus remains on the frightening and unfortunate incident between Marisnick and Lucroy. Both teams and fans await word on Lucroy's condition, as the gravity of the situation hangs over the remainder of the contest.

here is the big controversial play of

the weekend tied at 10 with the bases

loaded Marisnick leads off third base

springer puts that fastball to right for

the second out throws coming home

Calhoun's got a big arm BAM explosion

you do not see that in baseball anymore

you're not supposed to they made rules

because there was never really in line

with what the sport is about collisions

kind of were this weird macho thing the

trainer is just rag dolling Lucroy

around trying to find a spot for him to

get into and they can't seem to figure

it out finally they get him on his side

and they're like all right cool that's

good but pretty sad scene pretty wild

scene knocked him out pretty good

Marisnick shook it up

he doesn't know what to do doesn't over

they know just what just happened it

takes a knee they're inches by side

Uli's like man that spots like holy [ __ ]

I remember when this was normal but this

is not normal anymore Marisnick saying I

thought he was going to the other side

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