The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, but the more interesting battle of the day was Kolten Wong vs. the Gatorade cooler.
After Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina brough home the winning run with a walkoff single in the bottom of the ninth, Wong came charging out of the dugout attempting to douse his teammate in a Gatorade bath. Unfortunately though, he lost his balance midway through the windup and ate dirt instead.
Kolten Wong celebrated Yadier Molina’s walkoff hit a little too hard pic.twitter.com/s16rIPLKRR
— High & Outside Sports (@HighandOutside_) May 2, 2018
Predictably, the jokes from the wonderful world of Twitter were plentiful.
Kolten Wong vs the ice bucket is my favorite rivalry this year @Cardinals @KoltenWong
— baseballmaniac (@BaseballLiker) May 2, 2018
2019 Promotion Idea: @KoltenWong bobble head that is holding the water jug #STLCards
— David Jones (@iPopEditor) May 2, 2018
Kolten Wong's career summed up in 6 seconds pic.twitter.com/2MV1vJk49E
— Josh Lawless (@jtlawless1991) May 2, 2018
Official scorer confirms Kolten Wong will not be charged an error for tripping during the celebratory water cooler dump
— Ben Frederickson (@Ben_Fred) May 2, 2018
I’m struggling with the end of school like Kolten Wong struggles with the Gatorade cooler #STLCards
— that girl (@carameleyedgirl) May 2, 2018
Live look at Kolten Wong with the Gatorade bucket. #STLCards. pic.twitter.com/EHm7wKxJae
— Jim (@SilverTown_707) May 2, 2018
The 27-year-old Wong is hitting just .203 so far this season, so he has been struggling to find his footing in more ways than one lately. On the bright side though, at least his mishap didn’t cost the Cardinals the game this time.
