Little League team gets 5-outs in one inning, a breakdown

Name: Little League team gets 5-outs in one inning, a breakdown
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Aug 27, 2022 757.5K views 3:59

MLB 2022

What Happened

In a tightly contested Little League matchup between teams from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania squad holds a 5-3 lead in the late innings. The drama unfolds with no outs recorded in the inning so far. The Massachusetts batter, a young catcher, steps up to the plate facing a 1-0 count. The next pitch is high, but the umpire calls it a strike, drawing some pushback from the Massachusetts dugout. The catcher then fouls off the next offering to make it 1-1. On the ensuing 1-1 pitch, the batter lays off a high fastball, drawing a ball to even the count at 2-2. Unfazed, the catcher composes himself and digs back in, ready for the next pitch. The full-count offering comes in and the batter swings, making solid contact. The ball sails towards the outfield as the runners take off from their bases. The left fielder for Pennsylvania makes a spectacular catch for the first out of the inning. With one away, the next Massachusetts batter hits a fly ball that is also caught by the alert left fielder. However, the runner on base tags up and attempts to score from third base. The throw home is in time, and the catcher applies the tag for the third out of the inning. But the confusion is far from over. The Pennsylvania players begin celebrating, thinking the inning is complete. However, the umpires signal that there are still more outs to be recorded. The runners on base had not properly tagged up, and the defense needs to complete the additional outs. The Massachusetts baserunners, unsure of the situation, start running the bases again. The Pennsylvania players scramble to tag the runners, ultimately recording the fourth and fifth outs of the inning in a chaotic sequence. "What just happened?" exclaims the first baseman for Pennsylvania, struggling to comprehend the bizarre turn of events. The Massachusetts batter who hit the fly ball earlier is equally perplexed, asking, "Oh, okay, yeah, that was three outs, right?" As the umpires sort out the situation, the Pennsylvania pitcher calmly walks off the mound, recognizing the inning is finally over. The catcher for Massachusetts, however, remains uncertain, asking, "Was that three outs? I kept track.".

battle of two original 13 colonies

massachusetts and pennsylvania

pennsylvania's up five to three they've

had themselves a nice inning there's no

ouch yet and that is not a strike

because it was up there it wasn't down

there like the catcher

wants the ump to believe the 1-0 that's

a strike okay maybe a coach yells he

says it's all right that's right calm

down calm down then he's going to swing

at that ball in oh

come on

come on don't give him one composes

himself compose himself

deep breath i like this little kid oh

he's the catcher too that's way up not

chasing that that's way up to ball four

oh oh oh that's only three that's only

three sorry sorry blue that's my bad

bam

gone full count

oh swings just under that fastball so

that's out number one of the inning now

that's a ball outside that's a foul ball

that's a foul ball the one two that's

outside because it was over there not

over there and then the two two again

a ball the three two put in play now

here's where everything gets fun caught

that's the second out hell of a play by

the left fielder they throw it in and

the guy is running home and that's the

third out the innings over but wait

there's more everybody's a little

confused now we have both runners

running both runners stopping both

runners running tag tag fourth out fifth

out of the inning everybody's out

everyone's saying what just happened

first baseman's like that's three

guy on first that's three outs yo

and he says uh

he caught it

i don't know if he's talking to the

first base coach or the kid who hit it

now this kid he's like what's going on

he's like oh okay yeah that was three

outs we got the three outs i kept track

they're asking questions and a doug is

it he caught it now let's watch it back

and slow it down i was surprised to see

that the runner at second tagged up

he's got his foot on the base so he

probably waited he probably saw that

this was caught because he had a good

view

tagged up went to third really good base

running but then went home

and that's odd base running i don't know

if he got sent home or if he just went

home

but first i thought this kid might be

out

and they would have to tag him back up

at second base but no they had to

actually tag him if he scored this run

would have counted i thought he left

early but it looks like he tagged up

anyway he's out so the inning ends there

and the pitcher seems to know the inning

ends there he's just kind of walking and

then the catcher doesn't seem to know it

ends the first baseman he's like that's

three outs right

now the the kid running second is the

one that hit the ball so he's running so

maybe he has no idea it got caught

the other kid was tagging up at first

but i think he feels pressure to run

because the kid who hit it

got to first base and was like run we

can't both be on first but then they

both start running

and then they both start heading back

and actually i think when the shorter

kid if he crosses the other kid there

they there's an out

the inning's over

i don't know why the umps aren't yelling

the little kid is like go man

you're holding me up and then the big

kid's like what are you doing

he caught it

but what are you doing though and what

is the kid doing and he caught it

but

none of it mattered at all there was

already three outs

unless

unless in the little league they start

deciding to do rollover outs my grand

idea turn a triple play carry some over

the next inning why not

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