MLB team allows Little League home run: ‘Worst defensive sequence in baseball history’
A defensive collapse by the Mets, featuring a rare Little League home run, has sparked claims of the 'worst defensive sequence in baseball history.'
📍 Aftermath
The New York Mets allowed a home run following a defensive sequence involving a tapped ball to the mound. The incident was characterized by media outlets as the worst defensive play in baseball history.
The story quieted without a definitive conclusion in the coverage.
Epilogue added 18d ago, after coverage quieted.
The story so far
The New York Mets suffered an ugly loss to the last-place Kansas City Royals after a failure in their piecemeal pitching. During the game, player Benge tapped a ball toward the mound that resulted in a Little League home run.
Coverage from Syracuse.com, MLB.com, and the New York Post emphasizes the magnitude of the defensive failure and the waste of an early lead. The incident is being characterized by some as one of the worst defensive sequences in the history of the sport.
Future attention will likely focus on the Mets' ability to recover from this loss and the performance of their pitching staff.
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Sources (5)
- The Mets Have Turned It Around 360 Degrees defector.com · 20d ago
- Mets Morning News: Not-so-sweet 16 Amazin' Avenue · 20d ago
- Mets’ piecemeal pitching’s implosion wastes early lead in ugly loss to last-place Royals New York Post · 20d ago
- Benge taps ball to the mound ... and turns it into Little League HR?! MLB.com · 20d ago
- MLB team allows Little League home run: ‘Worst defensive sequence in baseball history’ Syracuse.com · 20d ago
The obvious questions
Which team allowed the Little League home run?
The New York Mets.
Who hit the ball that led to the home run?
A player named Benge tapped the ball to the mound.
Who was the opposing team in this game?
The last-place Kansas City Royals.
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