Randy Arozarena may have cost the Seattle Mariners a win on Saturday against the Kansas City Royals.
Arozarena drew a walk to load the bases in the bottom of the 5th inning at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Wash. The Mariners had just taken a 2-1 lead earlier in the inning and had a chance to do some serious damage with a big hit.
Mariners second baseman Cole Young came up to bat next. He battled back from 0-2 to work a full count against Royals starter Seth Lugo. But before Lugo could throw the payoff pitch, Arozarena was seen sauntering toward second base. Seattle’s outfield slugger had lost track of the count and that Young had just drawn a run-scoring walk.
Randy Arozarena forgot the count and was thrown out on the basepaths with the bases loaded to end the inning. The Mariners unsuccessfully tried to argue obstruction
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Arozarena later redeemed himself with a great diving grab in the eighth inning pic.twitter.com/CeJzT86Gbm
Here’s a bird’s-eye view of Arozarena’s baserunning blunder.
Oof…
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Randy Arozarena lost track of the count and took off thinking Cole Young was 3-2 instead of 2-2.
With runners on second and third, there was nowhere for him to go.
He and Dan Wilson argued interference but to no avail.
That ends Mariners’ rally in the 5th inning. pic.twitter.com/kbcu1ebV7R
Arozarena would later redeem himself with a spectacular diving catch to end the 8th inning with Seattle still ahead 2-1.
Randy Arozarena goes full Superman to make this grab 😤 pic.twitter.com/m2OvtyZXFX
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However, the Royals came back to tie the game in the 9th inning and won 3-2 in extras.
The good Arozarena did for his team through his leaping grab with the bases empty in the 8th inning was arguably outweighed by his costing the Mariners a chance to post a crooked number of runs in the 5th inning.
Arozarena has always been a fan favorite wherever he goes. But the man does commit some of the most baffling blunders on the field every so often.
