Guardians OF loses track of number of outs, tosses live ball into stands, runners score

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Cleveland Guardians outfielder Cooper Ingle messed up on Tuesday night.

Ingle, in the seventh inning of their 4-2 loss to the Texas Rangers, caught a simple fly ball hit by Alejandro Osuna. Then, after completing the grab, Ingle tossed the ball over the netting for fans sitting in the stands at Progressive Field. The gesture is one that players across the league do constantly, and is almost always received well between innings.

But that was the issue. This wasn't between innings. The Guardians only had two outs.

As there was a runner at second when Ingle threw the ball out of play, he was then granted home and given a run. That put the Rangers up 3-2 at the time. All Ingles could do was walk back to his spot in left field, looking incredibly defeated as he was charged with an error.

"Obviously, I feel terrible," he said, via The Associated Press. "It's a pretty embarrassing feeling."