Angels' Brad Ausmus Calls for Suspension of Jake Marisnick After Dirty Play Knocked Out Catcher

Angels’ Brad Ausmus Calls for Suspension of Jake Marisnick After Dirty Play Knocked Out Catcher

July 8, 2019, 1:39am EST (Updated: January 7, 2023, 11:44am)By Darrelle Lincoln

Brad Ausmus wants Major League Baseball to do something about the controversial play in Houston.

On Sunday, Houston Astros outfielder Jake Marisnick came rolling into home plate when he violently collided with Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy that had him knocked out for a second and eventually carted off the field to head to a local hospital for further tests.

#Astros #TakeItBack #TheHaloWay #Angels #Lucroy #Marisnick pic.twitter.com/0kp6pU6uBx
— Scott Maier (@samaier) July 7, 2019

Medic Cart went out to home plate. Collision at the plate between Lucroy and Marisnick. After crew chief review, Marisnick was called out due to @MLB collision rule.

Though what was great was watching @astros fans and #Houstonians show our hospitality as Lucroy was carted off. pic.twitter.com/s2kcfss1Nr
— Jeff Syptak (@JeffSyptak) July 7, 2019

Angels manager Brad Ausmus was not a happy camper, so after the game, he suggested that Marisnick catches a suspension for that play that he deemed wasn’t clean.

Ausmus, on the play at the plate: "It certainly didn’t look like a clean play… It looked like Marisnick took a step to the left and bowled into him with his arm up. The call was right. MLB should probably take a look at it and consider some type of suspension quite frankly.”
— Jeff Fletcher (@JeffFletcherOCR) July 7, 2019

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Marisnick would soon take to Twitter and apologize for what happened:

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Through my eyes I thought the play was going to end up on the outside of the plate. I made a split second decision at full speed to slide head first on the inside part of the plate. That decision got another player hurt and I feel awful. I hope nothing but the best for @JLucroy20
— Jake Marisnick (@JSMarisnick) July 8, 2019

It is still not clear if Marisnick will face a suspension from the league, but it clearly pissed off a lot of people who witnessed it.