Brewers pull off 8-6-2 double play vs. Dodgers
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The ball hitting the fence made the play live, which caused chaos on the base paths. Frelick fired a throw in to shortstop Joey Ortiz who relayed the ball home for a force out as the L.A. runners retreated back to their original bases because they weren't sure whether it was a catch or not.
The National League Championship Series kicked off Monday night with a dramatic win for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but social media went into a frenzy during the game after the Milwaukee Brewers pulled off one of the most unprecedented plays in MLB history.
If you needed a moment or three to process the madness that was the remarkable Brewers double play in Monday's NLCS Game 1, you weren't alone.
On the play in question, Hernández was thrown at out the plate after Frelick gathered the ball and rifled it to the cutoff man, Joey Ortiz. Hernández should have left third base the moment the ball hit Frelick's glove, but he remained on the base for far too long, enabling the defense to throw him out at home.
Fans on social media were mesmerized by the Brewers' 8-6-2 double play in the fourth inning of Game 1 of the NLCS.