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MLB player Danny Jansen makes unusual history after playing for two teams in the same game


MLB player Danny Jansen makes unusual history after playing for two teams in the same game



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In a curiosity that will probably one day be discussed on a sports quiz, Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen made Major League Baseball history on Monday by becoming the first player to play for two teams in the same game.

On June 26, Jansen was a member of the Toronto Blue Jays. At the time, he was in the middle of a batting inning against the Red Sox in a scoreless game at Fenway Park.

However, the game was stopped early in the second inning due to weather when a runner was on first base and one out.

It took two months for competition to resume, and during that wait, Jansen changed teams when Toronto traded him to Boston in exchange for three young players.

When the suspended game resumed on Monday, Blue Jays center fielder Daulton Varsho stepped in for Jansen as a pinch hitter.

Jansen began the resumed game behind home plate as a defensive replacement for catcher Reese McGuire, who was designated for assignment by Boston last month, for Jansen’s own at-bat. Varsho struck out swinging.

Jansen was no longer a Blue Jay, but a Red Sox player and appeared in the game reports of both clubs.

The official scorebook and various other items related to this unique moment in MLB history will go to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, according to the Red Sox broadcast.

Jansen, meanwhile, hit a line drive to first base for the final out of the second inning, a single to center in the fifth inning, and a strikeout in the ninth inning for the final out, finishing the game 1-for-4.

“It was a very cool moment to be a part of,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters after the game. “I don’t know if it will happen again. It would have to be the perfect storm, starting with the storm. I’m glad everyone enjoyed it.”

Toronto won the first game of a day-night doubleheader 4-1.

The second game is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET.

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