Corbin Carroll Strikes Out, But Ends Up On Third Base In Baffling Sequence Against Braves

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Arizona Diamondbacks rookie Corbin Carroll is having himself quite the season. Him turning a strikeout into advancing to third base against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday is honestly the perfect representation of his campaign.

After already hitting an RBI triple in his first at-bat of the game, Carroll stepped to the dish again in the second inning, but technically struck out. However, Bryce Elder's pitch found the dirt and was mishandled by catcher Sean Murphy.

Carroll, one of the fastest players in Major League Baseball, took off to first and Murphy rushed into his throw that was off-target to first baseman Matt Olson.

In the blink of an eye, Carroll was standing on third base...on a strikeout.

During the play, teammate Ketel Marte scored from second base. Nothing quite like scoring a teammate when you don't even put the bat on the ball.

Corbin Carroll ended up going 2-for-5 with three runs and two RBI, but it was the strikeout turned into a trip to third base that was undoubtedly the play of the game. Arizona also went on to win the game 16-13 snapping a four-game skid.

The rookie out of Seattle is carrying a .286/.354/.538 slash line with 18 home runs and 50 RBI over 90 games.

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Mark covers all sports at OutKick while keeping a close eye on the world of professional golf. He graduated from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga before earning his master's degree in journalism from the University of Tennessee. He somehow survived living in Knoxville despite ‘Rocky Top’ being his least favorite song ever written. Before joining OutKick, he wrote for various outlets including SB Nation, The Spun, and BroBible. Mark was also a writer for the Chicago Cubs Double-A affiliate in 2016 when the team won the World Series. He's still waiting for his championship ring to arrive. Follow him on Twitter @itismarkharris.