Padres broadcaster foreshadows Miguel Rojas' triple play with shocking clarity

Every San Diego Padres fan with a pulse is well aware of how their team punched their ticket to the 2024 postseason on Tuesday. They were up against their most hated division rival in the Dodgers, and after Robert Suarez pitched himself into quite the pickle, the unthinkable happened.

The Padres turned a game-ending triple play with Shohei Ohtani on deck to secure the win.

The ramifications of the win itself were huge. Not only did the Padres clinch a spot in the playoffs with the victory, but they are now just two games back in the NL West with five games to play against LA and the Diamondbacks. It is safe to say that San Diego will be pushing hard to win all of those games until they are either eliminated from the division chase.

However, lost in the fallout of the insane ending to Tuesday night's contest was Padres broadcaster Jesse Agler kind of calling the triple play before it took actually took place.

Padres' broadcaster Jesse Agler called his shot with game-ending triple play

Now, Agler was obviously doing a bit of wishful thinking with this call, but it is still pretty remarkable that he actually got it on record before it happened. The game looked very much like it was spiraling out of control for the Padres and it felt like a triple play was the only thing that would truly bail them out with Ohtani waiting in the on-deck circle.

It was also nice to hear Alger's excitement as the play unfolded. The plays at second and first were decided by less than half-step each and umpires ended up having to review the rulings at all three bases. Fortunately, it was all confirmed and Agler's call will go down in Padres' lore.

San Diego still has a lot of work to do against an increasingly desperate Dodgers team over the next couple of days. If Agler could just go ahead and make some other wild predictions in the Padres favor, that would be just swell.

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