Seattle Mariners star Julio Rodriguez did not have the proudest moment of his baseball career on Tuesday, as he committed one of the most embarrassing blunders in recent memory. But for what it’s worth, Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy was not able to witness Rodriguez’s brain fart in real time at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wis.
During one of the craziest moments of the contest, Rodriguez threw the ball into the stands after making a catch in the outfield in the eighth inning, as he mistakenly thought there were already three outs when there were just two. That blunder led to the Brewers scoring their 20th and 21st runs in the game before finishing with a 22-0 victory.
Apparently, the game was so out of hand that Murphy was doing something else when Rodriguez’s brain froze.
“I was playing catch in hallway here with Jaxon [Murph’s son], so I could be guilty of that too,” the two-time National League Manager of the Year Award winner Murphy said after the game, via Pat Timlin of WISN 12 NEWS.
The good news for Rodriguez and the Mariners is that despite getting buried in an avalanche of runs in that game, it still counts as just one loss. Seattle can rebound from that historically absurd defeat Wednesday, when they give the ball to Bryce Miller.
As for the Brewers, they extended their winning streak to three games and improved their record to 78-48.
