The Astros were down nine runs in the eighth inning Wednesday night against the Mariners, so they gave backup catcher Erik Kratz a shot to show off his stuff on the mound.

And oh, did he ever. He came out of nowhere with a pretty nice knuckleball:

But then this happened, and the Astros’ month of April was summed up with one pitch:

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