The Pittsburgh Pirates’ Dominican Rodolfo Castro went viral, but not exactly because of his performance in his last game. The sophomore year’s home fielder was running to third base, and after a head-to-head slip, cell phone out of pocket because of the effect.

And although the success of the young Castro came trustworthy the third pad was undeniable, still lost to the Pirates of Pittsburgh Tuesday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4.

The third ground referee Adam Humari, who was coming to base after his iPhone, which is obviously a Pro model due to its triple camera, also flew away, immediately noticed that the mobile phone was on the playing field and informed the player. .

Castro picked up his cell phone and handed it to his coach. third base Mike Rebelo couldn’t hide his angry look after realizing that Dominican dropped his device in the middle of the game.

The jokes didn’t last long

The exact moment when Castro dropped his iPhone

It was expected that the internet would do its thing and they would joke around with the actor’s “minor” mishap. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette quipped, “Pirates lose the game, Rodolfo Castro loses his cell phone.”

Fox Sport MLB also took advantage of this moment to make a little joke on Twitter:

Rodolfo Castro was safe in the third, he had no phone 📞😅

(via @BALLYSPORTSAZ)pic.twitter.com/RS0QpB5mjw

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) 10 August 2022

Given the situation, Castro, with the help of an interpreter, said in a casual tone:

I don’t think he’s a professional baseball player going out with the intention of buying a cell phone. […] It’s terrible to happen to me. Frankly, it was very unintentional

Pretty funny, but… Could he be in trouble?

Rodolfo Castro explained that the reason the iPhone is in his pocket is because: i forgot there after putting the slip glove on it. Faced with this situation, Pirates’ manager Derek Shelton said:

It was just a boy making mistakes. It’s just one of those things that we go through and say ‘you can’t do this’.

And this The MBA has strict safeguards against the use of electronic devices in the middle of the game.This is after some teams used live television broadcasts to steal bases from opposing teams a few years ago.

But still Major League Baseball did not comment on whether the 23-year-old Dominican would receive any sanctions. for your fault. Finally, in Castro’s final statements, he put his mistake in a more serious tone:

My first day back, if I had to be the center of attention, I’d love to help the team win, but it was never like this […] It’s definitely an accident, a mistake, something to learn from. But it was definitely something I didn’t want to happen.