{"id":304829,"date":"2025-10-15T07:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/304829\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T07:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:55:12","slug":"dodgers-teoscar-hernandez-says-nobody-to-blame-but-myself-for-his-role-in-weird-nlcs-double-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/304829\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers’ Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez says ‘nobody to blame but myself’ for his role in weird NLCS double play"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez watched a replay of that bizarre double play<\/a> from the National League Championship Series opener only one time as the clip went viral across social media.<\/p>\n

No further viewings were needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw it once,\u201d the Dodgers\u2019 outfielder said Tuesday, a day after Los Angeles overcame the 8-6-2 double play<\/a> in a 2-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. \u201cOnce the play was over, I realized I just (messed) up. Just one of those things that you don\u2019t have to see it over and over to realize that you made a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez earned some redemption Tuesday night by hitting a home run in the second inning of the Dodgers\u2019 5-1 victory in Game 2.<\/a><\/p>\n

In Monday night\u2019s game, Hern\u00e1ndez walked to start the fourth inning. He was on third with the bases loaded and one out when Max Muncy hit a drive that appeared to be heading over the center-field wall.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee\u2019s Sal Frelick tried to rob Muncy of a grand slam, and the ball popped out of his glove and hit the top of the wall before the center fielder caught it in the air.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles\u2019 other runners scrambled back to their bases, thinking Frelick made the catch on a fly. Hern\u00e1ndez still had plenty of time to tag up and score, but he hesitated and didn\u2019t head home fast enough. Frelick threw to shortstop Joey Ortiz, who relayed to catcher William Contreras for a forcout at the plate.<\/p>\n

Contreras then completed the double play by jogging to third base and forcing out Will Smith, who was on second when the play started.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was one of those plays that, if you would have asked me two days ago what would you do in this situation, I would say as soon as the ball touched the glove, I would go,\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cBut in the moment, I got blocked, I think, and there\u2019s not an explanation. I just (messed) up. It\u2019s that simple.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s going to be any explanation that is going to be accurate. I saw it when the ball hit the glove. I went. Then I saw it bounced off the glove. And I just reacted bad. Just one of those moments, you block your mind. But there\u2019s nobody to blame but myself. And it happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ortiz was asked Tuesday whether he had watched a replay and noticed anything that wasn\u2019t immediately apparent at the time it happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cSal did make a pretty funny face,\u201d<\/a> Ortiz said. \u201cThat\u2019s all over the social media right now. \u2026 But, no, I\u2019ve never seen a play like that. It was a pretty crazy play to be involved in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after Monday\u2019s game that Hern\u00e1ndez simply froze for a moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeo knows the rule. I think right there he had just a little bit of a brain fart, appreciating that when it does hit the glove, you can tag (up) there,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cBut then he tagged, did it correctly, then saw he didn\u2019t catch it, (and) he went back. That was the mistake. But he owned it. And after that, there\u2019s nothing else you can do about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the official scoring, Muncy grounded into a double play on a 404-foot drive that never touched the ground. There had not been an 8-6-2 double play in the postseason over the last 35 years, the Elias Sports Bureau said. Those type of official scoring details are not always clear in records going back any further.<\/p>\n

The most recent 8-6-2 double play in the regular season involved a ball hit by Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa to Cincinnati center fielder Ken Griffey Jr. in April 2004 \u2014 though that one ended with a tag at the plate.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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