A squirrel invades MLB game, jumps into outfielders glove and causes chaos in hilarious scene

Christopher Nolan’s "The Odyssey" isn’t the lone agelong travel radical are talking about, arsenic a squirrel caused chaos astatine Comerica Park connected Monday night.

During the bottommost of the sixth inning of the Baltimore Orioles’ 8-5 triumph implicit the Detroit Tigers, a achromatic squirrel got escaped successful the outfield.

The squirrel raced up and down the informing track, and play continued for a afloat inning portion the critter made its mode astir the ballpark. At 1 point, the squirrel wasn’t excessively acold distant from a dove that was sitting connected the informing track, besides taking successful the game.

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The Detroit Tigers grounds unit tries to seizure a achromatic squirrel moving connected the tract during a crippled against the Baltimore Orioles connected Friday, July 24, 2026, astatine Comerica Park successful Detroit, Mich. (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

While the achromatic squirrel's travel crossed the tract whitethorn not person been arsenic arduous arsenic Odysseus', it was surely entertaining.

During the apical of the seventh inning, it made its mode done the infield, but the crippled continued. The existent fireworks began during the seventh-inning agelong arsenic the grounds unit emerged to region the squirrel.

The squirrel was making its mode toward the right-field corner, and a information defender opened up the outfield gate, but the squirrel did not spell through. About 15 members of the Tigers’ grounds crew, on with Orioles outfielder Leody Taveras, past tried to prime the squirrel up, but it proved elusive.

At 1 point, the squirrel’s shiftiness juked retired 1 of the grounds unit truthful severely that it brought him to his knees.

The squirrel was chased into Taveras’ glove, but arsenic helium tried to snatch up the animal, the squirrel vaulted retired of his mitt and went flying earlier regaining his equilibrium and continuing to flummox the grounds unit with its dexterity.

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A squirrel runs connected the tract during the seventh inning of the crippled betwixt the Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles astatine Comerica Park successful Detroit, Mich., connected July 27, 2026. (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)

"I conscionable was trying to halt it. When it got into my glove, I don’t privation to compression it, truthful I was conscionable trying to bring it up. I wasn’t trying to bash that. But they got it out," Taveras said, via MLB.com. "I anticipation it’s good."

After escaping Taveras’ glove, it seemed arsenic if the squirrel was yet trapped successful the right-field corner, but it was capable to dodge the towels the grounds unit threw astatine it and support moving.

At 1 point, 1 subordinate of the grounds unit was capable to drawback the squirrel for a moment, but it erstwhile again broke free. The squirrel dodged 2 attempts from the grounds unit to smother it with a towel earlier yet being caught nether a 3rd towel.

The grounds unit subordinate past picked up the squirrel, which was nether a towel, and was booed disconnected the tract by a vociferous Tigers’ crowd.

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Comerica Park grounds unit effort to seizure a squirrel during the seventh inning of a shot crippled betwixt the Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles connected Monday, July 27, 2026, successful Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti added immoderate thrilling commentary arsenic the country unfolded.

"The pursuit for the squirrel is on, and the squirrel is successful the country and the squirrel is inactive eluding an full horde of grounds unit members! And the squirrel is escaped erstwhile again, hemmed in? No! I won’t beryllium hemmed in, I person state connected my mind! Trying to spell betwixt the legs and yet gets distant again! And hops done the towel! And hops done different towel! The forcefield is activated, towels can’t halt him, oregon possibly they can," Benetti said arsenic the squirrel was yet caught.

After the squirrel was caught, location sheet umpire Bill Miller gave a shoutout to the grounds unit for their efforts.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'd similar to convey the grounds crew. Let's springiness them a circular of applause. The Detroit Tigers grounds crew, convey you," Miller said, via MLB.com.

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A squirrel runs connected the tract during the seventh inning of the crippled betwixt the Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles astatine Comerica Park successful Detroit, Mich., connected July 27, 2026. (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)

Orioles manager Craig Albernaz aptly described the full concern arsenic "nuts."

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"The full squirrel happening was nuts," Albernaz said, via MLB.com. "I mean, astatine 1 point, I thought helium was going to spell into the batter’s box, spot what was going on. He had a large presumption of the game. I deliberation Bill Miller, the home-plate umpire, truly stole the amusement with getting everyone retired there, and past I had nary thought Leody tried to glove-flip it oregon drawback it successful close field. I didn’t spot that video until aft the game. Nice job, Leody."

The Orioles (52-55) volition anticipation determination aren’t immoderate different squirrels moving astir Comerica Park erstwhile they instrumentality connected the Tigers (50-57) successful the mediate crippled of a three-game bid Tuesday astatine 6:40 p.m. ET.

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