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Auggie

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8. This is about the one at-bat with 0 outs
Wed Apr 3, 2024, 07:36 AM
Apr 2024

There were no outs with runners on first and third. If there was one out then yes, a double play ends the inning and the run doesn't score.

Though in over-thinking it, it's probably unlikely a double play would be attempted anyhow.

The SS or 2ND baseman would check the runner on third and go for the out at first or second, depending where the ball is hit and the infielder is positioned. Now there's one out and one runner still on third and one on second or first. The game is still tied. NOW, a double play ends the inning.

Odds were in Cleveland's favor to let Arias swing away. A safety squeeze with the catcher on third an 0 outs makes no sense. One could argue in favor of the surprise factor of the squeeze, and maybe that's what Vogt was thinking. Well, surprise -- it failed. Embarrassingly so.

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