SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Giants left-hander Robbie Ray was only four pitches into his Cactus League debut against the Cubs when alarm bells started to go off.
Literally.
A false alarm set off emergency sirens at Scottsdale Stadium in the top of the first inning on Sunday, causing an announcement to blare over the speakers instructing fans to evacuate the building. Dozens of fans started heading toward the exits, but Ray and the rest of the players were told to keep playing by the first-base umpire.
“I was like, ‘We’re just going to play through this?’” Ray said. “It kind of rattled me a little bit.”
The sirens were eventually turned off after several minutes, but the inning only got wilder from there.
A distracted Ray allowed the first three batters he faced to reach base on back-to-back walks and a single, but he ended up catching a huge break after the Giants turned a wacky triple play to get him out of the inning unscathed.
With runners on first and second, Seiya Suzuki sent a flare to right field that was fielded by second baseman Luis Arraez, who tried to throw home. Still, first baseman Rafael Devers cut off the throw and fired to second base to catch Suzuki trying to stretch a single into a double. Lead runner Matt Shaw stopped at third base, but Alex Bregman kept going and ended up getting caught between second and third, allowing Willy Adames to tag him out.
The play appeared over at that point, but Shaw then made the inexplicable decision to vacate third base. Third baseman Matt Chapman caught him wandering off the bag and alertly tagged him, completing the unusual triple play.
“It’s enough chaos for Spring Training in one game,” Ray said, smiling.