Please correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t the Ohtani foul out allow the runners to advance to 2nd and 3rd, because the fielder fell into the stands and was not allowed to throw the ball back into play, per MLB rules (runners are limited to 1 base as I understand it)?
I can “kinda” see walking the bases loaded to set up a force out situation, but I don’t get having a reliever out there who hadn’t pitched in over 30 days.
Again, if I’m misremembering, correct me. I was mostly asleep at the time.