Unusual: Athletics pitcher claimed victory against Twins without facing a single batter [Video]

The game that was played this Friday with the Oakland Athletics’ 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins could have gone unnoticed if the unusual thing that was seen at the end had not happened when pitcher Sean Newcomb took credit for the victory despite not having officially faced each other. to a single batter.

During the top of the 8th inning and with two outs on the board, Newcomb went to the mound to try to start the inning with his Athletics team down 5-4.

However, after making two pitches and making the count 0-2 against Puerto Rican Willi Castro, Newcomb himself threw to first and surprised runner Austin Martin to put the score to zero in the inning without officially facing any batter.

But the curious thing is that at the bottom of that chapter Shea Langeliers hit a two-run home run that gave Oakland the lead and later regular closer Mason Miller sealed the save.

Thanks to this, Newcomb was credited with the victory despite not having finished facing any batter, making him the first player since Tony Watson on August 30, 2020 to achieve this type of victory and number 27 in history. since this type of record was available in 1901.