Baseball endlessly holds the highest spot for being the weirdest sport, as although the sport is over 150 years previous and every of the 30 MLB groups performs 162 video games a yr, you’ll be able to nonetheless tune in to a random contest and see one thing you’ve got by no means seen earlier than.
That’s precisely what occurred on the finish of final evening’s Colorado Rockies vs. Washington Nationals sport, as a spirited 8-7 Rockies win resulted in a singular vogue.
Kyle Finnegan got here in for the save with a 7-6 lead for the Nationals and had a whole meltdown, and he shortly discovered himself in a tie sport with the bases loaded and no person out with a 3-2 depend to Ryan McMahon.
The sport ended when Finnegan dedicated a pitch clock violation that allowed McMahon to stroll and pressure within the profitable run.
WALK-OFF PITCH CLOCK VIOLATION! pic.twitter.com/77Y0HiM6Nd
Finnegan obtained the pitch off simply after the umpire referred to as for the violation, and the pitch wound up being excessive and inside anyway, so this doubtless would have been a walk-off free go even with out the violation, however it’s nonetheless an insane method to lose a sport.
This was the primary time this had ever occurred, and Finnegan now has the unlucky distinction of main the league with 9 pitch clock violations this yr, an astounding quantity contemplating he’s a better and has pitched simply 31.1 innings.
Finnegan blew his third save of the season and raised his ERA to 2.30 within the course of, and the violation was the icing on the cake for a really horrific outing that noticed him surrender 4 hits, a stroll, and two runs whereas failing to file an out.