Yasiel Puig takes advantage of the Brewers misplay and scores the walk off run, a breakdown
What Happened
In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers are locked in a tight affair. The score is tied and Yasiel Puig of the Reds steps up to the plate with two outs. Reds pitcher Raisel Iglesias is on first base, representing the potential game-winning run. Puig, the flamboyant Reds outfielder, falls behind in the count 0-2 as Brewers pitcher Josh Hader tries to put him away. However, Hader makes a costly mistake, leaving a 97-mph fastball right down the middle of the plate. Puig seizes the opportunity, swinging aggressively and sending the ball into play. The Brewers' defense falters and the ball rolls slowly towards the outfield. Iglesias, sensing an opportunity, takes off from first base, rounding the bases and heading for home. Brewers center fielder Christian Yelich fields the ball and throws it towards the plate, but his throw is off the mark, allowing Iglesias to score the game-winning run. Puig, watching the play unfold, celebrates enthusiastically, knowing he has taken advantage of the Brewers' miscue. "Yep, that's what I just did," he says, reveling in the moment. "Y'all saw it, won the game, yep, strobe-light party time, y'all saw it, that was me, I won." The Reds dugout erupts in celebration, with players and coaches alike embracing Puig and Iglesias. The walk-off victory is a thrilling end to a tightly contested game and Puig's decisive contribution has sealed the deal for the Reds. The Brewers, on the other hand, are left to lament their defensive lapses, as the game-winning run slips through their fingers. The loss is a tough one to swallow, but the Reds will take the victory, thanks in large part to Yasiel Puig's opportunistic play and clutch performance in the bottom of the ninth.
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chews on it why am i swinging at such
bad pitches now I'm gonna owe to hold
there's two outs one strike away from
getting out of this inning just pulling
in the dirt he'll swing at it oh my god
what a terrible Oh to pitch 97 middle of
the plate
what a terrible o to pitch he was
swinging at anything there just a bad
pitch got what you deserved please on
first and he is d go ahead run the
winning run if he scores the game's over
that's the rules of baseball oh one here
and he takes off hit and run and play
maybe I don't know but that's gonna get
in the pitchers head cuz now he's gonna
do a pickoff like I saw you trying to
run huh well now I'm gonna keep you
close
Oh two one strike away from ending this
inning again fouled off he was running
on that pitch as well trying to make
things happen pitchers like ok I guess I
got to check on you again
this isn't fun I'm trying to get this
guy out Oh - in play but that's not
gonna score anyone that's just gonna
move Puig to third which is good but
there's still two outs
oh no what
Puig scores came over what the hell just
happened here's what happened Yelich
throws it in and it just such a bad job
there rolls up the line weed comes down
this little shovel pass by the catcher
had they gotten him would have been an
awesome highlight but spoiler they
didn't get him the Reds win I love this
next replay I show because Puig is
following the play the whole time a lot
of people hate him he's lightening her
out but that's good baseball he knew
that if they made the slightest mistake
he was gonna take advantage of it score
and he says yep that's what I just did
yep y'all saw it won the game yep
strobe-light party time y'all saw it
that was me I won you guys see that you
know saw it strobe-light
party time oh yeah hell yeah the glacis
getting taken for a ride by nick says
learn his name I don't know they don't
know who to celebrate with do we get
Puig do we get a Glacia spinners like I
had them both OH - [ __ ] as one was
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