Pittsburgh’s Ke’Bryan Hayes pulled off something Tuesday night that we don’t see every day – or really any day – in a professional baseball game – he hit a home run off the Dodgers and then was called out because he didn’t touch first base while rounding the bases.
Seriously, that really happened.
Hayes hit the homer off Walker Buehler in the first inning in Pittsburgh. The ball went down the line and hit off the foul pole and was close to not being a home run at all. Hayes sprinted around first base thinking it might not have been gone, but he literally ran around first base, which you can’t do.
The Dodgers challenged the play and Hayes was ruled out. Check this out:
Something you don't see every day!
Ke'Bryan Hayes hit a home run for the Pirates, but missed first base. The #Dodgers challenged and won. Hayes is out! pic.twitter.com/RsAqyLRCoS
— Blake Harris (@BlakeHarrisTBLA) June 8, 2021
I’ve NEVER seen that before.
This came almost two weeks after the Pirates had another embarrassing mistake at first base.
Twitter had plenty for reactions.
Brutal. KeBryan Hayes hit a HR except he missed first base.
HR doesn’t count and he’s called out. pic.twitter.com/Lo7mZvM92e
— Danny Vietti (@DannyVietti) June 8, 2021
Will Craig KeBryan Hayes
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Not touching first base— Some Guy Named Bryce (@imfrommaryland) June 8, 2021
Ke’Bryan Hayes makes a horrendous base-running “error”
HR gets turned into an out
— MLB Errors (@mlberrors) June 9, 2021
Is there a more unacceptable play in all of sports (ON THE FIELD!) than just not touching one of the bases on a homerun in #MLB?!?!?! #Pirates #KeBryanHayes
— Jeff Mans (@Jeff_Mans) June 9, 2021
🤦♂️
Ke'Bryan Hayes had a home run wiped off the board…because he missed first base.
Only the @Pirates… pic.twitter.com/6RlMWbXfJn
— Crispin Havener (@CrispinHavener) June 8, 2021
The Pirates have mastered the art of not touching first base pic.twitter.com/ktFrJxKMkZ
— The Baseball Newsletter (@bbletter) June 9, 2021
Major League Baseball 🙃 https://t.co/Wyb1eUdB3X
— SupaSummerCy #D4L (@CyClan) June 9, 2021
The Pirates make the Phillies look like a smart baseball team https://t.co/BME2SM1CbG
— SixersDad17 (@PhilliesDad17) June 9, 2021
Pirates own the two most boneheaded plays of the season lol https://t.co/AQDzGSFf7k
— David Gough (@DGough94) June 9, 2021
That's only the second dumbest thing that a Pirate has done at first base this year https://t.co/yHXhNoSicJ
— Greg Huss (@OutOfTheVines) June 9, 2021
