The NLCS kicked off Sunday night in Los Angeles with the Dodgers rolling over the Mets, 9-0, in a game that was pretty much over after the fourth inning. The Dodgers have now gone 33 straight innings without giving up a run, which ties a postseason record set by the Baltimore Orioles in 1966.
While the Dodgers' pitching staff has been lights out, they did get some help from the Mets on Sunday night, specifically from Jesse Winker, who made a mind-boggling decision on the basepaths.
With the Mets trailing 6-0 in the fifth inning with nobody out, Jose Iglesias hit a single to center field. Winker got a good jump off of first base and it appeared he'd easily got to third base when he suddenly stopped halfway there and ended up getting thrown out at third.
Check this out:
There’s bad baserunning, and then there’s whatever this was pic.twitter.com/XRj5I2BrLH
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) October 14, 2024
Not great.
MLB fans blasted him:
Couldn’t happen to a better person https://t.co/76CuPvsx1F
— Optimistic Brewers Fan (@Frank_Mirr78) October 14, 2024
What happened to looking at base coaches? https://t.co/rDf40pDa2e
— Joe Speed (@410Speedy) October 14, 2024
No words https://t.co/Y7CsM9qxI9
— Michael Ramsey (@whiteburns) October 14, 2024
JESSE, WHAT ARE WE DOING?!?!?!!? https://t.co/f9Gr5Zx28v
— Knight (@xTh3Kn1ghtx) October 14, 2024
bro what https://t.co/7IiQiKQJY4
— +ati! (@t_merccc) October 14, 2024
Gotta bench him for this https://t.co/drsbi0Aef1
— Bane 😤 (@Bane876) October 14, 2024
Game 2 is Monday afternoon at 4 p.m. ET.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Mets' Jesse Winker Blasted for Brutal Baserunning Blunder vs. Dodgers in NLCS Game 1.