The Philadelphia Phillies would possibly need to work on their fundamentals a bit after this one.

Sunday’s recreation between the Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates was a irritating look ahead to the Philly trustworthy. The Phillies continued to make mistake after mistake over the course of the sport, which allowed the Pirates to stroll it off 6-4 within the tenth inning. Trea Turner and Edmundo Sosa collided on an infield pop up for an error. Supervisor Rob Thomson pulled pitcher Cristopher Sanchez after 5 innings with 73 pitches and no hits. And worst of all, Bryce Harper and Alec Bohm made egregious baserunning errors within the tenth inning of a tied recreation.

With Bohm and Harper at second and third respectively, Turner skied a ball out to deep proper discipline. Harper was set to take off for house, however Henry Davis made an awesome learn on the ball to get it into the catcher. As an alternative of making an attempt for house, nevertheless, Harper stopped partway down the bottom path, inflicting Bohm to get caught in a rundown on his method to third.

Ultimately, Harper did strive for house, however was simply thrown out to finish the brutal double play.

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— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) July 30, 2023

It feels just like the Phillies have been one of many MLB leaders in TOOTBLANs this 12 months, and this blunder is little doubt on the prime of the checklist. Right here’s how MLB followers reacted to the Phillies’ completely terrible baserunning on this double play.