Leody Taveras’ Orioles suffer an embarrassing blowout in the clock against his former team.

Not all hits are created equal, and none could be more exemplified than what Baltimore Orioles center fielder Leody Taveras endured against the Seattle Mariners.

Taveras, who played 28 games for Seattle last season, was Baltimore’s best player in the ninth with his club trailing 4-2 at home. In a place where he could have started to come back, instead he showed up in a way that would be very embarrassing in the modern era.

With the score tied 2-2, Taveras took a pitch out and started walking to first base, thinking he had just been walked. He even started to dislocate his elbow before he realized the pitch count was wrong.

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Unfortunately for him, that’s not the most embarrassing part of the at-bat.

As the strike clock restarted immediately after the pitch, and Taveras wasted a few precious seconds adjusting his equipment and finally returning to the batter’s box, he didn’t notice that the clock was ticking. This led to a full count shot on ninth down on a stoppage clock violation.

Brutal is the right word to describe the sequence in the container.

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That’s a mistake that wouldn’t happen in that situation in a professional baseball game at any level, let alone The Show.

The MLB pitch clock is 15 seconds with the bases empty, which was when Taveras hit, and the player must be settled in the batter’s box by the eight-second mark on the clock.

Leody Taveras #30 of the Baltimore Orioles hits a solo home run during the fourth inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on April 18, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images) (Photos by Nick Cammett/Diamond via Getty Images)

While the baseball gods were clearly not on the Orioles’ side during Taveras’ at-bat, his teammates were able to get a free out and score two runs in the bottom of the frame to tie things at 4-4.

In the end, the Mariners took care of business in the 10th inning and won the contest 5-4, handing Baltimore its fourth straight loss.

Leody Taveras #30 of the Baltimore Orioles runs back to the dugout between innings during a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on May 25, 2026 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

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Taveras finished the night with one hit and two RBIs, but his lone hit of the game in the bottom of the ninth inning will understandably be the ballgame’s most memorable moment.