Tuesday’s game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the St. Louis Cardinals featured one of the most impressive hits in recent memory on a pitch that had no business being hit at all.
The play occurred at a crucial point in the game. Arizona had the bases loaded with no outs in a 2-2 game. Cardinals pitcher Jordan Montgomery desperately needed a strikeout or a double play to help limit the damage that could happen in the inning.
However, Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed had other plans.
Montgomery threw a nasty 2-2 curveball in the dirt that would have caused 99 percent of hitters to swing and miss.
Instead of a strikeout, Ahmed hit the pitch that bounced to the plate into left field for an unreal two-run double to give the Diamondbacks a 4-2 lead over St. Louis.
Nick Ahmed with a 2-run double on a pitch that bounced! 😲🪄⚾️ pic.twitter.com/7plJBHmdwR
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) April 19, 2023
An even more crazy angle of the play came from Bally Sports Arizona on Twitter which shows the degree of difficulty of this hit.
This ball bounced in front of the plate…
And Nick Ahmed still hit it for a double. pic.twitter.com/OFBDNq7n4Y
— Bally Sports Arizona (@BALLYSPORTSAZ) April 19, 2023
This would not be the end of Montgomery’s struggles in the inning. He would relinquish a three-run homer run from Diamondbacks catcher Gabriel Moreno to blow the doors open in this game.
Gabriel Moreno followed with a 3-run homer! It’s 7-2 Diamondbacks. ⚾️💣 pic.twitter.com/bQ5UYwtOc6
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) April 19, 2023
This massive inning for the Diamondbacks was all started by the ridiculous hit by Ahmed. He received a ton of praise for the hit on social media from the MLB world.
I’ve seen this before 😂
— Vladimir Guerrero (@VladGuerrero27) April 19, 2023
This ball bounced to the plate and somehow Nick Ahmed hit it
Unreal pic.twitter.com/StRPdXOeea
— Barstool Baseball (@StoolBaseball) April 19, 2023
THIS BASEBALL BOUNCED AND NICK AHMED DOES NOT CAREpic.twitter.com/mds4lFuaQF
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) April 19, 2023
You ever see someone hit a double on a ball that bounced?!
Nick Ahmed did that 🤯
🎥 @Dbacks pic.twitter.com/llUUVLoESI
— The Athletic MLB (@TheAthleticMLB) April 19, 2023
THE @Dbacks CANT BE STOPPED!!
Nick Ahmed with the bases loaded HITS A BALL THE BOUNCED 🐍🐍🐍
— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) April 19, 2023
Nick Ahmed pulled a Vlad Guerrero??? pic.twitter.com/0Na0yOI8Tg
— Alex Weiner (@alexjweiner) April 19, 2023
Bad-ball hitting is something that we used to see far more frequently by the great hitters of the past such as Vladimir Guerrero Sr. and Ichiro.
Nick Ahmed gave us a blast from the past on this one, and MLB fans seem to be absolutely eating it up.
[The Comeback on Twitter] Photo Credit: Bally Sports Arizona
