Phillies Have Improbable 8-Run, 9-Hit First Inning; Tyler Cloyd Wears Hunter Pence Reject Helmet

Tyler Cloyd got to bat in tonight's first inning before there was even an out recorded by Mets pitching.  Shocked, he must have grabbed a reject helmet off of the batting rack to go up and hit.

The helmet, as you can see, as a #3 on it, crooked, off-center, and on the wrong side of the helmet.  Did this belong to Hunter Pence?  It is as unconventional as Pence's batting style.

Cloyd grounded into a double play as part of the Phillies big inning that featured nine hits and eight runs – ALL SINGLES.   Here is how it went:

Jimmy Rollins – SINGLE
Juan Pierre – SINGLE
Chase Utley – SINGLE
Ryan Howard – SINGLE
John Mayberry – SINGLE
Domonic Brown – SINGLE
Kevin Frandsen – WALK
Erik Kratz – HIT BY PITCH
Tyler Cloyd – Grounds into double play
Jimmy Rollins – SINGLE
Juan Pierre – SINGLE  
Chase Utley – SINGLE
Ryan Howard – Ground out 

EIGHT RUNS – ALL SINGLES – 58 PITCHES

Unbelievable.