CLEVELAND — Will Brennan solely tried to hit the ball. What occurred after that wasn’t by design.
The rookie Cleveland Guardians outfielder hit a tough grounder that by accident killed a fowl wandering on the infield grass through the second inning of Monday evening’s 3-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
With none out and a runner at first base, Brennan, a left-handed hitter, went the opposite means with a 92.6 mph fastball from Chicago’s Jesse Scholtens. The liner related with a small fowl that had wandered right into a harmful place.
The ball, clocked at 100.1 mph, despatched the fowl flying, and when Brennan obtained to first, he put his arms on his helmet and grimaced. Umpires known as time, permitting a member of the grounds crew to take away the useless fowl with a shovel.
Following the sport, Brennan posted an apology on Twitter.
“I actually am sorry @peta and fowl lovers,” Brennan wrote. “An unlucky sacrifice.”
It is the second time in per week {that a} main league participant has unintentionally killed a fowl.
Final week, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen unintentionally struck and killed a fowl whereas warming up within the outfield earlier than a recreation towards the Oakland Athletics. Gallen threw a curveball that hit the fowl in midflight.
Gallen’s shot dropped at thoughts Arizona Corridor of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson, who famously obliterated a fowl that flew in entrance of the plate throughout one of many left-hander’s fastballs in a 2001 spring coaching recreation.
