‘Extremely complicated play’ sparks a bad inning as the Chicago
NEW YORK CITY– For a quick minute, it appeared the Chicago White Sox had managed among the strangest double plays of the year.
“I’ll be sincere, I had definitely no concept what happened,” Sox starter Jonathan Cannon said.
New York Mets left fielder Brandon Nimmo was on first base Tuesday night after a one-out single in the bottom of the first.
Juan Soto struck a sinking liner to right-center. Sox center fielder Michael A. Taylor made a diving effort, however the ball bounced into his glove.
Confusion took over on the bases as Taylor threw the ball to the infield.
Nimmo ran back to initially, believing the ball was caught. Sox shortstop Chase Meidroth stepped on second and tossed to initially, where Miguel Vargas tagged Soto, who was on his method back to the bag after passing Nimmo.
“It appeared like it struck the ground from where I was, however I wasn’t sure,” Sox manager Will Venable said. “And after that, obviously, a bit of a scramble there, so thankful we were able to escape with an out. Great task by Michael cutting that ball off.”
An out call was made, however the Sox lingered to see if it would be one or an inning-ending double play.
The Mets’Brandon Nimmo runs back to first base throughout the first inning against the White Sox on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in New york city.
(AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)”That was an odd play right there,”Vargas said. The umpires gathered and, after a prolonged conference, ruled Soto out for passing Nimmo.”Someone, I believe (third baseman Josh)Rojas, took a look at the umpire and stated,’They’re both out,’and I was like,’Yeah, they’re both out,'” Cannon said.” I had no idea what happened. I didn’t understand if they ruled it a catch. And undoubtedly the baserunners didn’t either. It was a really complicated play.
“Include that to the list of things I have actually never seen before.”
Nimmo remained initially and the inning continued. That was regrettable for the Sox.
Pete Alonso followed with a two-run home run. Brett Baty singled and Jared Young hit another home run. The Sox never ever recovered after the four-run very first, losing 6-4 in front of 34,944 at Citi Field. With the defeat, the Sox (17-38) fell to 21 games under.500 for the very first time this season.
The Mets had 5 consecutive hits after the series with Soto.
“Was not anticipating them to be as aggressive as they were 0-0 (counts),” Cannon said. “That’s a group that does not swing at a ton of very first pitches throughout the year, however they came out swinging. So they had the ability to get used to me a little bit before I might adjust to them. And so as soon as we had the ability to make that change, we had a lot more success.”
Cannon allowed five operate on 9 hits in 5 2/3 innings in his go back to the rotation after being scratched Saturday because of lower back tightness.
“You certainly do not prepare to have nine days between starts, however it is among those things you try to get settled in there in the very first inning,” Cannon said. “And after that to get ambushed like that absolutely sort of stinks. However I thought we had a truly good plan entering into it. Didn’t throw a terrific pitch to Alonso there. He struck it out.
“Thought we tossed a pretty good pitch to Young there, put a great swing on it. However then just got to continue to attack, attack, attack.”
Inquired about his back, Cannon said: “It was good throughout the game. Simply required a couple days to cool down, but it wasn’t a problem today.”
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Cannon set out 4 and walked one in the 94-pitch outing.
“He is among our horses,” Venable said. “He’s going to pitch deep into games, he has all year. He’s simply one of those guys that’s able to make adjustments and return on track really quickly.”
Cannon exited with 2 outs in the sixth and the Sox routing 5-2.
Vargas brought the Sox within a run in the seventh with an RBI double. It was his second hit of the game after connecting for a two-run home run in the first.
But the Mets scored when in the eighth and held on to secure a series win. The Sox, who have lost 8 of their nine road series this season, look to prevent getting swept Wednesday in a game that was moved up to 12:10 p.m. CT due to the fact that of impending weather.
Initially Published: May 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM CDT