The game started with optimism. Trade deadline acquisition Mike Yastrzemski led off with an absolute laser of a home run. 109.3mph off the bat, 418 feet into right field. It was awesome to see!

The game quickly went off the rails after that.

Regression began battering Seth Lugo in the bottom half of the first. Matt Wallner took a pitch in the bottom third of the zone opposite field into the bullpen to tie the game up just like that. It did not get better. A walk, a single, and another single scored another run and put runners on the corners. Royce Lewis then hit a slow grounder to Bobby Witt Jr, who had no chance to make a play at home. He made a slick field/throw to Jonathan India, one of the fastest glove-to-hand-to-throw exchanges I’ve ever seen, but still could not get the out at sec

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