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Jake McCarthy made the kind of play you might not see for the rest of the 2026 MLB season.
He was playing left field for the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night in Pittsburgh, and he turned a 7-unassisted double play.
For those not familiar with scorebook lingo -- '7' is the number representing the left fielder, and an unassisted double play means that McCarthy turned it without anyone else touching the baseball.
How'd he do that?
With one out and a guy on second, a liner brought McCarthy charging in to make a catch. The runner on second base thought the ball was going to drop and took off running to score, but McCarthy came through with the grab.
And then when he looked up and saw the runner had gone way too far to ever make it back, McCarthy didn't mess around with a throw. He simply trotted in to tap the bag himself to complete the double play.
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The Rockies' sports information department shared along with that post that it was the first 7-unassisted double play in franchise history.
It pretty much could only ever happen in a moment like this, and the odds of a runner being so far off seem quite low.
Besides, most left fielders would still make the throw to someone covering the bag anyway.
But McCarthy took matters into his own hands here, and he made a bit of history.
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