Josh Naylor commits a bizarre runner interference play in Game 7

Josh Naylor was doing everything that he could to give his team an advantage in Game 7 of the ALCS.

The Seattle Mariners first baseman Naylor had a bizarre moment on the basepaths during Monday’s winner-take-all game against the Toronto Blue Jays. During the first inning at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ont., Naylor hit a one-out RBI single to score the first run of the game and give the Mariners a 1-0 lead.

But Seattle’s Jorge Polanco followed up Naylor’s hit with a tailor-made double-play ball to Toronto third baseman Ernie Clement. After ranging deep to his left to cut off the ball, Clement stepped on second base himself and then attempted to fire back to first to complete the double play.

Unfortunately, the ball ended striking the helmet of Naylor, who had strangely jumped up into the path of the throw. After briefly conferring with one another, the umpires ruled that Naylor had committed runner interference and thus called out Polanco to end the inning,

Here is the full video of the unusual sequence.