At the worst possible time during Tuesday’s game between the Angels and Tigers, Angels center fielder Mickey Moniak committed an unsightly fielding error baseball fans often do not see at the Major League level.
The head-scratching blunder, which nearly cost his team the game, came with two outs in the bottom of the ninth with Los Angeles clinging to a 6–4 lead in Detroit.
Facing Angels reliever Carlos Estevez, Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson hit a deep fly ball to the warning track just in front of the 412’ mark. As he went back on the ball, Moniak appeared to have a read on it, and a catch would have ended the game.
