The Los Angeles Dodgers made history Tuesday night, but they were on the wrong end of it.
The Dodgers left the bases loaded three times in the first five innings of the 10-3 ass-pounding they suffered at the hands of the Cleveland Indians, but perhaps the most embarrassing part of their evening took place in the bottom of the fourth inning when they ran themselves into the first ever triple play that required the use of instant replay.
With Dee Gordon on third base and Yasiel Puig on first with nobody out, Adrian Gonzalez lifted a short fly ball to Michael Brantley in left field for the first out. Gordon decided to tag up but was thrown out at home by a perfect one-hop throw from Brantley for out number two. Then, as Cleveland catcher Yan Gomes showed the home plate umpire that he still had possession of the baseball, Puig attempted to take second base and was thrown out by a dart from Gomes for the third out.
But what made this triple play historical was the fact that Puig was initially ruled safe, so Indians manager Terry Francona was forced to challenge the call. Upon further review, the umpires determined Puig was actually out at second base, and the Indians were credited with a triple play.
However, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly then challenged the call at home plate, but that one wasn’t even close. So, if you were keeping score at home, it should have been marked 7 to 2 to 4 to the replay booth for a great challenge and back to the replay booth for a dumb one. History made.
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