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Jacoby Ellsbury loses track of outs, gets thrown out at first

Something strange has to happen for Jacoby Ellsbury to ground into an 18-second double play.

But such was the case in Saturday's game against the Dodgers, when Ellsbury lost track of the outs as he slapped a ground ball to first baseman Adrian Gonzalez.

After Gonzalez threw to Hanley Ramirez to tag lead runner Xander Bogaerts out at second, Ellsbury headed back to the dugout -- unaware that there were only two outs recorded in the inning. The defense capitalized as Ellsbury looked on in confusion.

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Fortunately for the speedy center fielder, no damage was done -- the Red Sox went on to win the game 4-2.