The Athletics’ Max Schuemann should have had a two-RBI double in the top of the second during Wednesday’s matinee against the rival Angels, but a baserunning blunder by Kyle McCann negated one run to instead end the inning.
The bizarre moment came after Schuemann sent a ball off the left-center field wall, allowing Armando Alvarez to score easily.
And McCann looked as though he’d have an easy trip home to score a second run on the extra-base hit.
Instead, McCann overran home plate — without a throw coming home — and then was called out because Alvarez had touched him before going back to touch the dish.
The rules don’t allow for a player to touch a teammate who is still running the bases, which made McCann out.
It was then confirmed by video review that McCann had indeed missed the base, thus ensuring the wild out.
The A’s ended the inning with a 1-0 lead, but eventually fell to the Angels, 5-2, for their fifth consecutive loss.
Oakland now has a 6-18 record in June and 29-54 overall.
The peculiar moment seemed to fit the oddity that is the Athletic’s existence these days as one of the worst teams in baseball and a lame-duck franchise playing out its final days in Oakland before a temporary move to Sacramento.
