3-2-8 Double Play!
ST. LOUIS -- It’s not every day you see a catcher running down a baserunner in between second and third base, and a center fielder applying the tag at second base.
That’s the wacky double play the Cardinals turned in the second inning of Friday’s 14-2 loss in the series opener against the Indians at Busch Stadium. On Francisco Lindor’s grounder with no outs and runners on first and third base, Cards first baseman Paul Goldschmidt threw home to catcher Yadier Molina, who then tagged out Cesar Hernandez in a rundown on the third-base line.
Then, Molina chased José Ramírez and Lindor back to second and first base, respectively. About halfway between second and third base, Molina looked like he might throw to first base to get Lindor. But he turned and threw to center fielder Dylan Carlson covering second base to tag Ramírez out.
It went down in the scorebook as a 3-2-8 double play -- which has not happened in the expansion era (since 1961), according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
….. but, back in 1961, there was actually a live crowd present to watch the drama!
Nice play!
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