Chicago White Sox play-by-play announcer John Schriffen could use a mulligan after a bizarre slip-up while calling a game on Tuesday.
In the fourth inning of the game between the White Sox and the Houston Astros at Daikin Park in Houston, Texas, Schriffen accidentally used an offensive term to describe the moment Altuve was retired on a flyout caught by White Sox outfielder Tristan Peters for the first out in the bottom of the frame.
Schriffen immediately realized his blunder and corrected himself, but it was too late to keep it from hitting the internet.
You can hear what Schriffen said here.
Altuve is what? pic.twitter.com/BgZsp5xnfe
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Schriffen clearly did not mean to say that, and he wasn’t the first person to have an embarrassing slip-up on air.
As for the ballgame, the White Sox avoided a three-game losing skid by defeating Altuve and the Astros, 5-1, to even the series at one win apiece.
Chicago’s pitching kept the Astros’ bats silent throughout the contest, with Houston’s only damage coming in the eighth inning, when Isaac Paredes hit a solo home run for what turned out to be the final run of the game.
Two more games remain in the series, and Schriffen will look to avoid any more blunders in the booth.
