The last time three runs scored on a sac fly, Vlad Guerrero was involved
Friday's Pirates-Marlins game produced easily the weirdest play of the season thus far: With the bases loaded,
But if baseball history has taught us anything, it's that there's nothing new under the sun -- and sure enough, the play above wasn't even the first time a regular ol' sac fly has plated three runs. To prove it, let's go back in time to July 7, 2000, when Sisqo was still a thing and madness reigned in that night's Blue Jays-Expos game.
Montreal led, 6-5, in the bottom of the eighth and brought Orlando Cabrera to the plate with the bases loaded. Cabrera lifted a 3-1 offering from
The ball bounced off center fielder Jose Cruz's glove, at which point things went totally off the rails: Cruz scrambled to the ball and threw it back in to shortstop Chris Woodward, who promptly also dropped it -- allowing Vlad Guerrero and Chris Widger (who nearly passed Vlad despite being the trail runner) to come home.
So, just your classic E8/sacrifice fly/E6 on the scorecard. Never change, baseball.