Though most individual half-innings over the course of a 162-game grind aren't often remembered, Monday's bottom of the fourth inning will be one to remember for the Toronto Blue Jays — painfully.
After taking a 3-1 lead thanks to an Ernie Clement three-run shot to left-centre field in the top of the fourth, Toronto immediately gave that lead right back in the bottom half of the inning thanks to some bizarre occurrences.
First, Toronto left fielder Davis Schneider made what looked like an awesome diving catch on Anthony Volpe. But the call on the field was overturned after a review determined the ball peeked out just a little from Schneider's glove after he crashed to the ground.
This allowed Volpe, who was scored as hitting a double on the overturned play, to then steal third base and cash in on a sacrifice fly by J.C. Escarra.
Volpe was nearly tagged out on the sac fly as Myles Straw delivered a throw from right field that was in time and on the money to Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela. However, thanks to a great slide and some good evasive maneuvers by the Yankees shortstop, as well as some fumbling of the ball by Valenzuela, Volpe managed to score.
After that, Max Schuemann scored to tie the game up at 3-3 after he managed to steal second because of an error from Valenzuela, where he booted the baseball and temporarily lost track of it. Schuemann came home on an RBI double from Paul Goldschmidt.
Toronto ultimately managed to re-take the lead in the top of the fifth with a George Springer home run, but that bottom of the fourth inning is one the team will likely want to forget.
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