During Wednesday’s game, the Chicago White Sox got an opportunity to level the score against the Cleveland Guardians in the ninth inning, but they experienced an extraordinarily unlucky event that left them narrowly defeated in a devastating manner.
With the score at 3-1 and only two outs, the bases were filled when Miguel Vargas stepped up to bat for Chicago. He hit a ground ball that went beyond Cleveland’s shortstop and onto the outfield grass. As a result, one run made it across, allowing Mike Tauchman to be signaled in from second base, aiming to tie the game.
As he approached home plate after rounding third base, Tauchman appeared to pull up short due to what seemed like a hamstring issue as he attempted to even the score. Unable to finish his run home, he got tagged out just shy of home plate in a heart-wrenching moment.
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Tauchman appeared completely dejected as he hobbled along the baseline toward home plate. Once tagged, he violently threw his helmet onto the dirt and collapsed to the ground in agony.
It was indeed an unfortunate manner for the White Sox to end their season.
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