On Tuesday night, the Cleveland Guardians got a scoreless inning from their pitcher on the mound in the ninth inning in their game against the Marlins.
That pitcher? Austin Hedges.
Usually, a scoreless ninth inning is a good sign, as it means either the closer came in and did his job or another reliever held the line.
Instead, this was a position player on the mound eating an inning in a game that had already been decided. While Hedges’ scoreless ninth inning will mostly be a funny footnote in his career, it was also the only scoreless inning the Guardians got from a "relief" pitcher.