Entering tonight, Brewers reliever Josh Hader hadn’t allowed a single hit in 11.2 innings. Then he met the bearded doppleganger of Oscar Mercado and Cleveland Indians legend César Hernández.
Mercado doubled to lead off the ninth inning, then made it to third on a wild pitch. Then Hernández somehow got a groundball through a five-man infield to bring him home to give the Indians their first walk-off of the season.
Yes, you read that right. He managed to not only hit a ball hard off the best reliever in baseball, but he got it through this on the ground:
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The bottom of the ninth was fun, but how the Indians got there was a mixed bag.