Miami Marlins can’t even run bases right on homer (Video)
By John Buhler
The Miami Marlins cost themselves a run by not being able to run the bases correctly on what should have been a two-run home run by J.T. Realmuto.
The Miami Marlins have been playing better ball of late, winning 11 of their last 12 games to get above .500 with a 16-14 record through 30 regular season games. Outside of the pitiful Atlanta Braves (7-23), the National League East looks to be fairly competitive this year, as the fourth-place Marlins are only 3.5 games back of the reigning National League Champion New York Mets (19-11).
For the last few years, the Marlins have put together a respectable ball club that seems like it’s on the verge of contending in the National League East. Yet sometimes, the Marlins can’t help themselves and fall back into bad baseball habits. Miami, a franchise with two World Series Championships and no division crowns, apparently can’t run the bases on a two-run homer.
In the second inning in the first game in their three-game series versus the Milwaukee Brewers, J.T. Realmuto goes yard over the centerfield wall for what should have been an easy two-run homer and an early 2-0 Marlins lead.
The only problem is that Marcell Ozuna forgot how to run the bases. Realmuto ended up passing Ozuna on the near the first base bag, meaning that Realmuto would be out and be rewarded an RBI single.
Given that Marlins Park is spacious in the outfield, he took precautionary measures to tag up on the fly ball that ultimately got over the centerfield wall. The Brewers dug out was well aware of what went down near the first base bag, challenged the play, and were rewarded with one less run on a Realmuto home run.
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