Andy Sonnanstine came through after Joe Maddon made a mistake on the Rays lineup card:

Sonnanstine delivered after a pregame mistake forced the pitcher to bat Sunday, hitting an RBI double in the Tampa Bay Rays’ 7-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

The game was delayed 13 minutes before the bottom of the first due to a lineup card error by the Rays that listed both Ben Zobrist and Evan Longoria as the third baseman. Longoria was supposed to be the designated hitter, but Tampa Bay lost the DH position because of the snafu and was forced to put Sonnanstine in the third spot of the lineup.

“I knew something was up, but I didn’t know exactly what was going to happen,” Sonnanstine said. “They told me that I was going to have to hit, and I corrected them and told them ‘I get to hit.’ I took it as an opportunity. That was one of the craziest games I’ve ever been a part of.”

Sonnanstine (2-4) went 1 for 3, including a run-scoring double in the fourth. He also reached on a failed sacrifice in the first and struck out looking in the third.

Rays manager Joe Maddon took the blame for the lineup card miscue. He didn’t notice the problem before signing it.

“I messed up, and the players picked me up,” he said.

He came into the game four for ten in the regular season and one for one in the World Series. If Maddon was going to make a mistake, he picked the right pitcher to bat third.