The Detroit Tigers found a novel way to lose Saturday, but it was an umpire who felt the real pain.
, Haase said after the game that the costly mistake came because of a pitch mix-up. Haase apparently called for a slider, while Cisnero thought he heard sinker.
In case you were wondering, Rule 6.01 of the MLB rulebook explicitly rules a ball that hits an umpire is a live ball: If a thrown ball accidentally touches a base coach, or a pitched or thrown ball touches an umpire, the ball is alive and in play. However, if the coach interferes with a thrown ball, the runner is out.Incredibly, that was only the third time a run had scored on a wild pitch in that game. And because the score was 2-1, that means every run in this game was scored on a wild pitch. Per, it's the first game in MLB history to see three run-scoring wild pitches and no runs scored anywhere else.
The first wild pitch came from the Tigers' Michael Lorenzon in the fourth inning, scoring Andrew Benintendo. The lone Tigers run was scored by Zach McKinstry off Dylan Cease. Each were more normal than what happened in extra innings. The win improves Chicago's record to 25-35, which is still only good for fourth place in the AL Central. The team has looked revitalized lately though, winning 11 of their last 18 games to show some life after a horrendous start. Wacky walk-offs have been something of a recurring story for the team as well, as it
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