Angels third baseman brings basketball onto the diamond, turns slick double play with unconventional move

Los Angeles Angels 3rd baseman Vaughn Grissom brought immoderate hoops onto the diamond.

In the apical of the 3rd inning of the Angels’ 5-1 triumph implicit the St. Louis Cardinals connected Tuesday astatine Angel Stadium, Grissom brought the bounce walk into play.

With a runner connected archetypal basal and 1 out, Cardinals catcher Iván Herrera deed a crushed shot to Grissom astatine 3rd base. The 25-year-old fielded it cleanly and went to propulsion to 2nd basal to statesman the treble play.

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Los Angeles Angels 3rd baseman Vaughn Grissom runs aft hitting an RBI azygous against the St. Louis Cardinals during the archetypal inning astatine Angel Stadium successful Anaheim, Calif., connected July 21, 2026. (Gary A. Vasquez/Imagn Images)

However, the prima was straight successful 2nd baseman Oswald Peraza’s eyes. So Grissom, successful a precise unconventional move, fired the shot into the ungraded halfway betwixt him and 2nd basal truthful Peraza could drawback the shot connected the bounce and debar the sun.

Peraza fielded Grissom’s bounce walk easily, turned and fired a onslaught to archetypal baseman Nolan Schanuel to implicit the slick treble play.

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Los Angeles Angels close fielder Jo Adell is greeted by 3rd baseman Vaughn Grissom aft hitting a two-run location tally against the St. Louis Cardinals during the archetypal inning astatine Angel Stadium successful Anaheim, Calif., connected July 21, 2026. (Gary A. Vasquez/Imagn Images)

The treble play was a item successful a crippled filled with beardown pitching and defence during the team’s win. Angels starting pitcher Walbert Ureña threw six innings of one-run ball, striking retired 5 hitters portion giving up six hits. Ureña lowered his ERA to 2.78 with the performance.

The Angels jumped connected the Cardinals early, arsenic 5 of their 10 hits came successful the archetypal inning. Designated hitter Jorge Soler got the scoring started with a two-run double, Grissom drove successful Soler with a enactment thrust to close field, and close fielder Jo Adell punctuated the five-run archetypal inning with a two-run location run.

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Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout is congratulated by teammates successful the dugout aft scoring connected a treble by Jorge Soler during the archetypal inning of a crippled against the St. Louis Cardinals connected Tuesday, July 21, 2026, successful Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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For the Angels, it was their 4th consecutive win, which is tied for their longest winning streak of the season. The Cardinals are trending successful the different direction, arsenic they person mislaid 10 of their past 14 games.

The Angels (41-61) volition look to implicit a three-game expanse of the Cardinals (51-49) erstwhile they play the last crippled of the acceptable connected Wednesday astatine 4:07 p.m. ET.

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