Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Trevor Bauer was not at all happy with his Yokohame DeNA Baystars teammates during his most recent start, to the point where he was seen screaming, "Wake up!" after a rough inning on defense.
Down 2-0 to the Chunichi Dragons, the former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher had runners on first and second with two outs and a 3-2 count against the hitter, which meant the runners were going to steal on the pitch.
As that happened, the hitter hit a ground ball to the second baseman, and that’s when the madness began on the base paths. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Trevor Bauer of the Dodgers after giving up a hit to Joey Gallo of the Texas Rangers on June 12, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images) Instead of throwing the ball to first to get out of the inning – the hitter appeared to be very fast out of the left-handed batter’s box – the second baseman noticed the runner stealing from first base never stopped at second and continued to go toward third.
The only problem for the Dragons was the runner on second was never breaking to home, which meant two runners were going to converge at third base. FORMER DODGERS PITCHER TREVOR BAUER REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH THE ATHLETIC, REPORTER IN DEFAMATION CASE Bauer likely thought that would result in an out, but the original runner on third started running to home, which caused a good ol’ pickle play between home and third.