Ryan Church was cruising around third base and seemingly reached home easily on what would have been the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th inning at Dodgers Stadium. Joe Torre quickly signaled towards third base and the Dodgers threw over to challenge whether Church had touched the base on his way to home. The umpire didn't hesitate and called Church out and the inning ending tied at 2 a piece.
The Dodgers loaded the bases in the bottom half of the 11th and Los Angeles won it on the Mets fifth error of the night. Dodgers won by a final of 3-2.
Kudos to twitter user metschick with the line of the night regarding Church's antics, "Just like a guy, skips third base intent on scoring."
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May 19, 2009
