The Brewers are desperately hanging on in the NL playoff race, but things will be that much more difficult after Thursday night thanks to first baseman Mark Reynolds. In the bottom of the eighth, with the Brewers up 2-0 over the Cardinals, Reynolds forgot that there was only one out, and missed an opportunity for an inning-ending double play.
Mark Reynolds doesn’t remember how many outs there are, costs Brewers game
That is too important for a player to forget, and it caused the Brewers to lose.
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Kolten Wong would end up safe at second because no one tried to make it otherwise, giving the Cardinals a man in scoring position with two outs. You can probably guess what happened next, but just in case you’re not aware how Cardinals’ Magic works:
- Matt Carpenter walked, giving the Cardinals runners at first and second with two outs
- Jon Jay singled, driving in Wong to make it 2-1 Brewers.
- The Cardinals challenged a call on the field to turn an out into a Matt Holliday infield single that loaded the bases
- Jonathan Broxton, who should have been out of the inning after his first pitch, walked Matt Adams to tie the game.
- The Cardinals won 3-2 in extra innings.
All of this because Mark Reynolds forgot how many outs there were after a pitching change. It cost the Brewers the game, the series, and dropped them another game back of the Pirates in the wild card standings. Uh, get ‘em next time, I guess?
