The New York Yankees had a chance to start the fifth inning with a bang against the Cleveland Guardians but a bit of confusion prevented that from happening.
Tied at 1-1, third baseman Josh Donaldson thought he hit a home run. The ball hit the top of the wall and bounced back into play. Donaldson was still trotting around the bases but noticed something was amiss between first and second. Donaldson tried to go back to first base but it was too late as Oscar González threw him out before reaching base. The call stood and instead of a double, Donaldson was out.
Josh Donaldson thought he homered and got thrown out after trotting around first base pic.twitter.com/zw9gOJcNI1
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) October 12, 2022
The Yankees later took the lead in the same inning with a sac fly but many either directed their ire at Donaldson or had a laugh at his expense.
This might be the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen. Including the time one of my little league kids finally hit the ball but ran to third. https://t.co/qIe5a95qOv
— Christopher Campbell (@thefilmcynic) October 12, 2022
Love that this happened to Josh Donaldson pic.twitter.com/O7N72nZ4LY
— Cody Tapp (@codybtapp) October 12, 2022
at least the Mets aren’t the only embarrassing NY team rn https://t.co/52X1k347kG
— ashley (@ashleyiervolino) October 12, 2022
that was the most Josh Donaldson play that ever Josh Donaldson'd
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 12, 2022
Josh Donaldson when he hits a fly ball pic.twitter.com/niltSRb1dH
— Zachary Smith (@ZacharySmithPGH) October 12, 2022
Josh Donaldson, a man who has probably gotten very angry at players who didn't run it out, didn't run it out
— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) October 12, 2022
Unreal. Typical Donaldson. Poses, doesn’t run, gets thrown out. Until you know for sure, run! Inexcusable
— Sal Maiorana (@salmaiorana) October 12, 2022
you can criticize josh donaldson all you want but he saved a whole lot of gas in the tank on that one. next at bat he’s gonna run out a 70 mph bunt triple. rollover speed is one of the coolest things about baseball and i’m surprised we don’t see it more
— Jon Bois (@jon_bois) October 12, 2022
It hasn’t really affected Yankees fans. Along with the sac fly in the fifth, Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run home run to put the Yankees up by three. In his next at-bat, Donaldson hit a single.
