Watch: Twins complete wild double play after two defensive blunders

By Dave Kovaleski July 3, 2018 at 8:04am

It was not your classic twin killing by any stretch of the imagination.

In fact, it’s probably the most convoluted double play you’ll see in the majors this season.

But in the end, the Minnesota Twins got out of a first-inning jam with a double play that involved five players and a couple of blunders.

It happened in the bottom of the first with one out and the Brewers’ Travis Shaw at the plate and Jesus Aguilar on first.

Shaw hit a soft floater to Twins second baseman Brian Dozier that he fielded on one hop.

It’s not clear why Dozier didn’t decide to flip it back to shortstop Jorge Polanco covering second base to get the lead runner, Aguilar, but he didn’t. He paused for a moment, then threw to first to get Shaw.

Just your typical 4-3-7-2 double play… pic.twitter.com/YwpdetAYmV

— Cut4 (@Cut4) July 3, 2018

First baseman Joe Mauer then tried to get Aguilar at second, but it was an ill-advised decision as he had no chance. The throw was wild and went into left field. It was scored as a throwing error on Mauer.

Aguilar advanced to third, but when he saw left fielder Eddie Rosario fail to scoop up the overthrow, he headed for home.

Is this the craziest double play you've ever seen?

Rosario ran back to retrieve the ball he missed and fired home to nail Aguilar at the plate.

Score it 4-3-7-2 — with an E3 thrown in for good measure.

The Twins got out of the inning and Robbie Grossman hit a grand slam in the fifth to put the Twins up 5-1, but they squandered the lead.

ROBBIE GROSSMAN'S FIRST CAREER GRAND SLAM 💥 pic.twitter.com/TFDNujTlHr

— Bally Sports North (@BallySportsNOR) July 3, 2018

With a bases loaded walk by Twins reliever Zack Littell to Brad Martin, the Brewers won 6-5 in 10 innings.

Milwaukee leads the NL Central at 49-35, while the Twins have lost four straight and fell to 35-46.

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