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Video: Yankees pull off double steal, steal of home

It’s not a straight steal, but it’s still an exciting play.

by Marc Normandin
Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

Stealing home is hard! That’s why straight steals of it are one of the more exciting -- and rare -- events in a baseball game. When a straight steal isn’t on the table, though, we have to make do with the double steal. It’s not as elegant, but that’s the point: one team fools the other into chasing the wrong baserunner, and voila, a run is scored, and the opposition looks foolish.

The Yankees pulled this very thing off against the White Sox on Tuesday night, when Eduardo Nunez took off for second before freezing halfway between the bases, allowing Vernon Wells to speed home:

At the time, it was a 1-0 game with White Sox ace Chris Sale on the mound, with the White Sox in the lead -- Wells tied things up against a difficult opponent, and from there, the Yankees would go on to win 6-4.

The victory helped them keep pace with the Rays and pass the Orioles in the wild card standings, and narrowed the gap with the Athletics to just 2.5 games.

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