The Cubs were dead in the water and it was all Christopher Morel‘s fault, or at least that’s how some viewed the situation after four innings Tuesday night. Shu014dta Imanaga had cruised through three frames with five strikeouts and a pair of harmless singles, but two more base knocks to begin the 4th put him in a spot of bother. What looked like a fairly routine 5-3 double play ball then turned into disaster when Morel failed to field the ball and sent it rolling to the wall.
Because the ball wedged itself beneath the padding of the dugout fence, it was ruled to have gone out of play and the Sox scored a run with men also advancing to second and third.