After over 5 hours of baseball, the Minnesota Twins were primed to pull off an exhausting win over one of baseball’s hottest teams. After a two-out walk and a stolen base, all that stood between the Twins and a win was pitcher Oliver Perez, who hadn’t batted since 2010. He dropped down a bunt that looked to be curving foul. Instead, catcher John Ryan Murphy fielded the bunt, and overthrew 1st base, letting the tying run score in the bottom of the 15th inning.
The Nationals’ Chris Heisey led off the bottom of the 16th with the game winning home run, and sending the Twins to a crushing loss, their 3rd straight, and second straight game with more than 18 or more strikeouts.