MUST SEE: Old Friend Alexi Casilla Pitches In AAA

[Parker Hageman]

This one slipped past me but it turns out that former Minnesota Twins second baseman Alexi Casilla, now playing in the Baltimore Orioles organization with the Triple-A Norfolk Tides, was asked to pitch in the eighth and ninth innings of Sunday's contest against the Charlotte Knights.

 

Casilla apparently pitched a clean frame in the eighth but was wild in his second inning of work and ultimately lost the game: 

 

The Tides ran out of available pitchers, so second baseman Alexi Casilla took the mound in the eighth inning. He threw a scoreless eighth, but wasn't as fortunate in the ninth. He allowed a single, threw two wild pitches and walked two batters - one intentional. That loaded the bases for Mitchell, who ended it with a single.

 

 

Here is a video clip of Casilla delivering the walk-off hit to Charlotte's Michael Taylor:

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/GwCGvzL.gif

 

 

ALEXI CASILLA GIVES UP GAME-WINNING HIT

[Paul Pleiss]

Sexi Lexi, we hardly miss you.

 

Always fun to see position players pitch. And although the Twins are my team, I enjoy watching pitchers batting too.