Now this IS a HOOK SLIDE by Minnesota Twins Catcher Gary Sanchez!

Cleveland Guardians vs Minnesota Twins, June 22, 2022. Jose Ramirez fooled at third base by a Gary Sanchez hook slide. The result is devastating for the Cleveland Guardians as the next hitter, Gio Urshela, hits a three run home run to give the Twins the 7th inning lead, 10-7.  Hook slides are rarely done and are rarely done correctly. In this instance Gary Sanchez's hook slide was perfectly executed.

 

 

Steven Kwan made an absolutely perfect dart throw to Jose Ramirez, but for some reason Jose got caught flat footed not realizing a hook slide was the one slide that would allow the base runner to elude Jose Ramirez's tag. Instead of the inning being over, the inning continued with runners on second and third and two outs and the next batter was Gio Urshela, who hit a way too inside pitch (props for hitting it out) for a 3 run home run to break a 7-7 tie and give Minnesota a 10-7 lead.

 

Game update:  Down 10-7 in the ninth inning, the Guardians scored 4 runs in the ninth to secure the come from behind victory, and of course, Jose Ramirez was in the middle of it with one of several key ninth inning hits.

 

Guardians used a ninth inning no out bunt from one of their most clutch late inning hitters, Andres Gimenez, to move the lead runner from second to third, and the next hitter, Owen Miller, hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the final run of the inning and the night, to win 11-10. Guardians Broadcast announcer Rick Manning was livid over Gimenez bunting the runner from second to third with no outs. However, Owen Miller has done a fantastic job sac flying runners in all season long, and that's exactly what Miller did on the first pitch he saw.

 

This was the first time since 1928 that the Guardians won a game in which the opposing team scored runs in each of the first five innings.

 

 

On a personal note, I was playing Beat the Streak and out of the 18 starters, 17 got hits. Naturally I picked one right, and one wrong. I could have picked any other starter on either team and had both of my picks right. And, as if that wasn't bad enough, the only player to not get a hit, that I picked, was Twins lead off hitter who was hitting .364 at the start of play. lol. Highest batting average among all 18 starters was the only one to not get a hit. I wonder how often that happens.
 

 

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