In the bottom of the second inning during Sunday afternoon’s game against the Rays, the Reds pulled off what’s known as a double-TOOTBLAN. (TOOTBLAN: Thrown Out on the Bases Like A Nincompoop.) Zack Cozart had doubled in two runs off of Rays pitcher Cesar Ramos, pushing Devin Mesoraco to third base in the process. With one out, Tony Cingrani came to the plate.
Cingrani tapped a grounder to shortstop Yunel Escobar, who was playing shallow in the infield for just such a play. Escobar fired to catcher Ryan Hanigan, who tagged Mesoraco for the second out of the inning. Hanigan then threw the ball to second baseman Logan Forsythe, who ran towards Cingrani, a quarter of the way between first and second base. Forsythe tossed the ball to first baseman Sean Rodriguez, who then whipped it back home and Hanigan tagged out Cozart trying to score. Just your typical 6-2-4-3-2 double play.
Watch the play as it unfolded:
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