A collection of Angels errors and misplays led to the Mariners parlaying one walk – one in which the umpire lost track of the count – and two hits into four runs, snapping a tie.
“It was awful,” Manager Phil Nevin said. “We just made some bad decisions, throws. We didn’t execute a rundown. It wasn’t good.”
Aaron Loup, who got the final out of the eighth, was on the mound to start the ninth. He picked up the first out, and then he gave up a single to Sam Haggerty. Loup then threw a pitch in the dirt that catcher Max Stassi blocked. Haggerty wasn’t trying to take the extra base, but Stassi came up throwing and he chucked the ball into center field, allowing Haggerty to advance to second.
“I said, ‘No it’s 2-2,’” Diaz said. “Then I started thinking, maybe it is 3-1, because I forgot I called that first pitch a strike. There were so many pitches going on, I lost the count on that first pitch. I knew I called a strike on the steal, and that’s the only one I remembered. I couldn’t remember the one before that. … I messed that one up.”
Julio Rodriguez hit a line drive right to second baseman Luis Rengifo. The ball popped out of his glove, but he threw home in time to get Haggerty. The Angels got Haggerty in a rundown, but after Stassi threw the ball to third baseman Jose Rojas, no one had gone to cover home in time to take a throw, and Haggerty scored the tie-breaking run. Loup was supposed to cover the plate, but he stumbled in front of the mound.
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