Giants' Heliot Ramos suffers mind-boggling baserunning mistake in loss to Pirates: 'Mental error'

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San Francisco Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos committed a bizarre baserunning blunder in the team’s 3-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.

Matt Chapman was at the plate with Ramos on second base and Wlily Adames on first base in the bottom of the first inning. Pirates pitcher Bailey Falter got Chapman to pop up in front of the mound.

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San Francisco Giants' Heliot Ramos, #17, reacts after hitting a fly ball to Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz for an out during the eighth inning of a baseball game on Monday, July 28, 2025 in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

The home plate umpire called an infield fly rule, which is used to prevent the defensive team from intentionally dropping a pop-up in hopes of turning a double play. Naturally, Ramos and Adames would have stayed on base, and the next batter would be up.

Instead, Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes let the ball drop in front of him, and it caught Ramos a bit off guard. Ramos was caught trailing too much off of second and Hayes threw the ball to second baseman Nick Gonzalez to achieve the quick-thinking double play.

Ramos called it a "mental error" after the game, according to NBC Sports Bay Area.

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Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Liover Peguero, #31, throws to first base for a double play against San Francisco Giants left fielder Heliot Ramos, #17, during the third inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on July 29, 2025. (Eakin Howard-Imagn Images)

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