Watch Mariners' Josh Naylor jump to block throw on strange ALCS Game 7 play Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY October 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM 5 TORONTO Josh Naylor wants to win Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, he's willing to take a baseball off the helmet from close range.
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Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY October 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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TORONTO - Josh Naylor wants to win Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, he's willing to take a baseball off the helmet from close range.
On a potential double-play ground ball off the bat of Jorge Polanco in the top of the first, Naylor left his feet and turned his head as Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Ernie Clement - who cut off shortstop Andrés Giménez to field the ball - threw to first to complete a 5-3 double play.
The ball ricocheted into foul ground and Polanco was originally called safe.
But after a conference among the six umpires - with Blue Jays manager John Schneider lurking just outside the scrum - the umpires ruled interference and both runners were out.
Blue Jays get the inning-ending double play after the umpires rule that Josh Naylor deliberately got in the way of the throw to first pic.twitter.com/q5O4i41TWt
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Seattle manager Dan Wilson emerged very briefly from the dugout but quickly dropped his argument.
Baseball rules allow a runner to go into a base standing up – at their own risk – but cannot interfere with a throw. Naylor - who moments earlier hit an RBI single to give Seattle a 1-0 lead - clearly left his feet, even as his vertical leap won't make anyone forget Shawn Kemp.
1 / 5Must-see action and passion from MLB playoffs 2025 championship seriesJulio Rodriguez celebrates scoring with teammate Josh Naylor in the sixth inning of Game 1.
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