Pitcher Can't Immediately Find Line Drive

Logan Gilbert can thank his jersey for stopping at least one earned run on Wednesday. With a runner on third in the first inning, the Athletics' Carlos Cortes belted a line drive at the Seattle Mariners right-hander, and the ball somehow lodged itself in Gilbert's jersey. The pitcher grabbed at his stomach and turned to locate the ball as Cortes made his way down the first-base line, only to find he in fact had caught it—kind of—in his shirt. Cortes was credited with a single as the play was considered dead, the AP reports, but Nick Kurtz remained at third base. Shea Langeliers advanced to second base. The line drive was clocked by the broadcast at 107.8 mph.

Gilbert was briefly checked out by the Mariners' head athletic trainer but remained in the game and made it through the inning. He ended up allowing two earned runs on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Soderstrom and an RBI single by Jeff McNeil. Gilbert returned to the mound for the second inning. Although it may seem like Gilbert deserved a putout on the play, MLB Rules 5.01(b), 5.06(c)(7), 5.06(c)(7) are quite clear, USA Today points out. And the play "is not" subject to a video review. The text can be found here.