A youth baseball game produced one of the stranger squeeze plays you’ll see. The yellow team had a runner on third with one out, up 5-2, and decided to go for a suicide squeeze. The batter laid down a decent bunt on what looked like a changeup. The pitcher charged, tried a glove flip to the plate, and missed everything. The runner from third came in hard to score, but just as he reached the plate, the batter, who was sprinting to first, ran straight into him.
The collision was brutal. The batter’s elbow caught the runner flush in the face, knocking him down right after he touched the plate. He scored, but paid the price. After the play, he rolled over checking his nose, possibly wondering if it was bleeding. Meanwhile, the batter who delivered the blow didn’t score and stayed on the ground near home.
It was an unintentional but jarring moment that showed how chaotic a suicide squeeze can get. The umpire stayed locked in on the play, watching the tag with full focus. The play wasn’t clean, and it definitely wasn’t pretty, but it ended with a run and a dazed runner who might avoid squeeze plays for a while.