America Fumes as Brewers’ $4M 2B Hands Almost Hands an Advantage to DR With Costly Blunder

The only thing that can defeat Team USA in the World Baseball Classic is its own players. We saw it against Italy, where the batters simply could not get hits. While we have seen some great glove work from Brice Turang, he has not been perfect. And against Puerto Rico, he almost cost the team big time.

“Did Brice Turang lose it on the transfer, or should the runner have been safe?” asked Barstool Sports after a fumble by Brice Turang.

In the 4th inning of the game, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Manny Machado had the runners on 1st and 2nd base. Then Junior Caminero hit a routine groundball, but Brice Turang had a major fumble and could have made the inning huge for the Dominican Republic.

Did Brice Turang lose it on the transfer or should the runner have been safe?
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Instead of an inning-ending double play, Turang could only record the force out at 2nd, and when Julio Rodriguez came up to the plate, he had runners at the corners. And when Paul Skenes hit Rodriguez, things shifted big time because the bases were loaded. Skenes was able to get out of the inning unscathed as Austin Wells hit a flyball to end the inning.

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