Cubs broadcasters rip team after hilariously bad fielding display

The San Diego Padres entered Tuesday with the champion grounds successful shot (14-3), and connected Tuesday evening they had a large illustration of luck connected their broadside arsenic well. 

Manny Machado deed 1 of the much unsocial location runs this season, blasting a agelong homer to left-field successful Tuesday’s Padres vs Cubs game.

Machado got incredibly fortunate successful his fifth-inning at-bat, erstwhile Cubs fielders Kyle Tucker and 3rd baseman Gage Workman some dropped foul popups. Machado past deed a homer because, of people helium did aft 2 brutal blunders. 

Cubs broadcast of Manny Machado homer pursuing 2 dropped foul balls pic.twitter.com/juycrjNx1o

“Wow,” the broadcaster said. “That’s a heckuva at-bat from Manny Machado… and the Cubs’ defence outgo themselves a tally and it's 1-0."

The Cubs dropped 2 foul pop-ups successful the aforesaid at-bat, which ended successful a Manny Machado location tally pic.twitter.com/cBDgbTXl4G

Shota Imanaga’s ninth transportation  of the at-bat — that should person been implicit — was a middle-in fastball that Machado didn’t miss. Sometimes, that’s however it goes and shot is arsenic unforgiving arsenic ever. 

The tally was unearned for Imanaga, and helium finished the outing with 7 strikeouts successful 5 innings to little his play ERA to 2.22.. Machado besides deed his homer connected the ninth transportation of the at-bat, further driving up the transportation number and hindering Imanaga’s quality to spell longer into the game. 

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Machado entered play Tuesday with a .317/.394/.476 slash enactment and 7 doubles. He deed his 2nd homer of the twelvemonth successful the fifth.