Rajai Davis hit a clutch home run for the Cleveland Indians to tie Game 7 of the 2016 World Series and Twitter nearly broke
The Cleveland Indians found themselves in quite a predicament at home in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series. Despite starting the game with their ace Corey Kluber, they found themselves trailing 6-3 going into the bottom of the eighth inning. But in a game and series that has been complete insanity, the most unlikely of heroes came to bat for the Indians: Rajai Davis.
Davis is a veteran who has been around the league for years—and certainly isn’t a player known for his power. However, he stepped into the box against the heat-throwing Aroldis Chapman with a man on second and the lead having been cut to 6-4. Then, he swung.
His swing made hard contact and sent a screaming line drive into left field. And as Cubs fans hoped it would die and at least bounce off the wall, it kept flying until it cleared the fence. Unbelievably, Rajai Davis tied Game 7 of the World Series with a two-run homer.
Twitter couldn’t handle the home run—like not even a little bit:
That sound you hear isn't Cleveland going crazy because Game 7 is tied. It's the screams of hundreds of reporters whose stories are garbage.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 3, 2016
WELP #WorldSeries
— Jason Solomon ⚡️ (@solomonster) November 3, 2016
omg this is NUTS.
— John Henson (@Johnhenson31) November 3, 2016
OH MY HEAVEN RAJAI
— Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) November 3, 2016
THE SKY HAS FALLEN.
— Nilla Nillanovic (@JayNilla) November 3, 2016
Holy Cow.
— Mike Wise (@MikeWiseguy) November 3, 2016
Rajai cursed that ball into the LF bleachers, followed by a Coco hit. Former A's doing some damage
— Marshall Paul (@MPaul_BSN) November 3, 2016
Rajai Davis!!!! OMG! This game is legendary right now. #Game7
— Seany Delta Two Lima (@iSeanyD) November 3, 2016
RAJAI DAVIS. Yo, he was due for a hit. And THAT.
— Tyler Pederson (@JSamuraiTP) November 3, 2016
Rajai Davis is 36 and has 55 career homers, by the way.
— Trey Mongrue (@TreyMongrue) November 3, 2016
Rajai Davis pic.twitter.com/alRuhOfdjd
— Nick (@nickhinkell) November 3, 2016
This is absolute insanity, so no wonder the home run broke Twitter. On the broadcast, they stated that this was the first time in World Series history that a player hit a game-tying home run in the eighth inning or later in Game 7. And to think, it happened off the bat of a guy with 55 career dingers.
The 2016 World Series is everything great about sports.