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Tigers Catcher Got Tagged Out on a Very Silly Baserunning Blunder, and Fans Were in Disbelief
The Tigers had a brutal day on Thursday, as they lost both games of a doubleheader at home against the Angels.
The day started with Shohei Ohtani throwing the first complete game shutout of his MLB career and basically ended with Ohtani hitting two home runs in the second game.
Things were pretty bleak for the Tigers, who capped off the second loss with a baserunning blunder that left fans in utter disbelief.
Catcher Jake Rogers slid in safely to third but then oddly took his foot off the bag while getting up and was quickly tagged out to end the eighth inning.
Check this out:
the tigers have a late rally going and oh no pic.twitter.com/BJiZZyxW8h
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) July 27, 2023
Brutal.
Fans were not happy:
And the fans are supposed to pay money for the same quality of play you can watch for free at any Little League diamond across America. https://t.co/2hw1jHyIgA
— Tyrus Raymond Cobb (@The_Ty_Cobb) July 28, 2023
What did I just watch
— J (@JbDiversions) July 27, 2023
This is not funny but funny https://t.co/czFtLFzjvZ
— ✰ (@randamthought) July 27, 2023
Our team is a joke
— Sell the team & Fire Scott Harris (@EMasM25) July 27, 2023
— Jackson Waldrop 🐶🏴☠️ (@Jwaldrop24_) July 27, 2023
Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.