The Seattle Mariners found an innovative new way to get their 11th loss of the season.
Seattle fell on Sunday to the lowly Colorado Rockies in a grind-it-out extra-inning affair. The game entered the 10th inning scoreless, but the Mariners pushed their ghost runner across the plate on a J.P. Crawford RBI single to lead off the frame. Unfortunately, the good vibes for Crawford did not last.
In the bottom of the 10th inning, the Rockies tied it at 1-1 after two singles brought home their own ghost runner. Then with the winning run at third base, Colorado’s Ryan McMahon hit a groundball that Crawford, who was playing in at the time, flubbed. The misplay allowed the Rockies to win the game 2-1.