{"id":667759,"date":"2026-04-07T05:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T05:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667759\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T05:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T05:38:30","slug":"5-6-4-3-rare-double-play-gives-royals-winning-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667759\/","title":{"rendered":"5-6-4-3? Rare double play gives Royals winning boost"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first 5-6-4-3 double play since 1995 required almost optimal conditions to transpire.<\/p>\n

A gallant dive from Kansas City Royals<\/a> third baseman Maikel Garcia to deflect the ball. An instinctive Gold Glove performer like Bobby Witt, Jr. to scoop up the ball and fire a laser to second base.<\/p>\n

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A nifty turn from Jonathan India. A balletic stretch from first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.<\/p>\n

And finally, a lumbering baserunner in Rhys Hoskins.<\/p>\n

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Miami Marlins shortstop Otto Lopez (6) and center fielder Jakob Marsee celebrate a victory against the Chicago White Sox at loanDepot Park on April 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

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The Toronto Blue Jays’ Kazuma Okamoto gets doused with ice water by teammates after a win over the Athletics at Rogers Centre on March 29, 2026.<\/p>\n

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The Cincinnati Reds’ Eugenio Su\u00e1rez blows a bubble as he waits to bat against the Boston Red Sox at Great American Ball Park on March 28, 2026.<\/p>\n

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The St. Louis Cardinals’ JJ Wetherholt is doused with water by teammates after hitting a walk-off two-run single against the Tampa Bay Rays during the 10th inning at Busch Stadium on March 28, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Two F-35C planes from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron NINE Detachment Edwards Air Force Base perform a flyover before the Opening Day game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on March 26, 2026.<\/p>\n

Add it all up, and, according to the Elias Sports Bureau<\/a>, it’s the first groundball double play where every infielder touched the ball since Aug. 24, 1995<\/a>, when the San Francisco Giants<\/a>‘ Matt Williams, Royce Clayton, Robby Thompson and Mark Carreon pulled off the feat against the Montreal Expos’ Mike Lansing.<\/p>\n

The rare twin killing in the bottom of the fourth inning played a key role in the Royals’ 4-2<\/a> victory over the Cleveland Guardians<\/a>. Starter Michael Wacha completed seven innings on 102 pitches \u2014 an outcome certainly boosted when he got two outs on a game of infield hot potato.<\/p>\n

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With the win, the Royals improved to 5-5 while the Guardians fell to 6-5. The two teams’ three-game series is a matchup of the early leaders in the AL Central.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Kansas City Royals pull off rare double play not seen since 1995<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first 5-6-4-3 double play since 1995 required almost optimal conditions to transpire. A gallant dive from Kansas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[5,3398,51,14280,26712,2161,197,936,2123,55,2596,2595,2162,50949,5169,4,130,84961,252,84962,66,2126],"class_list":{"0":"post-667759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-royals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-bobby-witt","10":"tag-cleveland-guardians","11":"tag-double-play","12":"tag-elias-sports-bureau","13":"tag-jonathan-india","14":"tag-jr","15":"tag-kansas","16":"tag-kansas-city","17":"tag-kansas-city-royals","18":"tag-kansascity","19":"tag-kansascityroyals","20":"tag-maikel-garcia","21":"tag-matt-williams","22":"tag-michael-wacha","23":"tag-mlb","24":"tag-rhys-hoskins","25":"tag-robby-thompson","26":"tag-royals","27":"tag-royce-clayton","28":"tag-san-francisco-giants","29":"tag-vinnie-pasquantino"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116361818118810929","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}