Red Sox lose game on horrific baserunning blunder by Reese McGuire

That’s not going to be one Reese McGuire goes to need to write residence about.

With the Purple Sox in the course of a comeback within the ninth inning of Saturday afternoon’s sport at Fenway Park in opposition to the Blue Jays, Connor Wong stepped in in opposition to Blue Jays nearer Erik Swanson.

With runners at first and second and the Purple Sox down 5-4, Wong hammered a deep fly ball that regarded prefer it may’ve had the possibility to exit.

It appeared McGuire, who was on second base, thought it was heading over the Inexperienced Monster as he trotted towards third and pointed his hand to the sky.

However as he rounded third base, the ball didn’t really fly out of the park and on to Lansdowne Road.

In reality, it ended up inside heart fielder Kevin Kiermaier’s glove earlier than being thrown again into second base for a simple game-ending double play as Toronto held on for the win.

McGuire had come up within the closing body as a pinch-hitter and delivered an enormous single, however his baserunning miscue will overshadow what may’ve been for Boston, which dropped to 57-53 in a crucial American League East matchup.

The Purple Sox are actually 4 video games again within the AL wild-card race.