Ryan Church -- Misses third base in error-filled loss for Mets
Ryan Church is curious about this "base ball" that you speak of.Ryan Church: not great at baserunning.
In a Keystone Cops-esque game that found the Mets giving up three errors in the 11th inning to lose it all to the Dodgers.
But the highlight has to be Ryan Church failing to tag up at third base.
From an article at MLB.com:
Of all the plays in Monday's game, ranging from the bizarre to the incredulous, none left such an imprint in Jerry Manuel's mind as Ryan Church's incomprehensible dash home in the 11th inning.
Forget that Church had plenty of time to touch third base. Forget that he could have jogged most of the route and scored standing up. The Mets manager was simply trying to wrap his mind around the crux of the thing -- the guy actually ran clear over a base.
"It's hard to miss third base," Manuel said. "I don't know if I ever remember seeing anyone miss third base in a situation like that. I don't have any explanation for it."
Church's explanation was a simple one: He thought he had touched the bag. Indeed, had he known his error, Church would have had ample time to turn around, touch the bag and score standing up. But he had no idea what was happening until the Dodgers appealed the play and won.
Standing on first base moments earlier, Church raced home with the apparent go-ahead run on what should have been a run-scoring triple for Angel Pagan. But Church missed the base. Pagan's hit was ruled a single, the run -- to the delight of the Dodger Stadium crowd -- was erased from the board and the Dodgers won in the bottom of the inning, 3-2.
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