Former Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy fumbles ball in bizarre walk-off loss to Houston

Former Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy, one of the more popular players during his tenure with the team from 2010-2016, endured a nightmarish 11th inning for the Oakland Athletics Tuesday in his team's 6-5 loss to Houston.

Lucroy's throwing error with nobody out in the 11th allowed Houston to score the winning run, but the entirety of the play is almost too crazy to explain. 

Alex Bregman hit a tapper in front of the plate that hugged the foul line before trickling fair. Lucroy smartly pounced but fumbled the ball when he reached to apply a tag to Bregman. When Bregman ran to first, Lucroy tried to sling the ball down to first base, but it hit Bregman's helmet and caromed away, allowing the winning run to score.

After a review, the play was upheld, and the game was over.

Lucroy also dropped a throw home from shortstop Marcus Semien earlier in the inning, allowing Josh Reddick to score the tying run. Oakland, which scored four runs in the top of the ninth to force extras, took the lead in the top of the 11th on a Stephen Piscotty home run.

Lucroy took full responsibility for the crazy play afterward.

Lucroy was traded from the Brewers along with Jeremy Jeffress to the Texas Rangers during the 2016 season for a package that included Lewis Brinson, Luis Ortiz and Ryan Cordell.

Cordell was later traded for reliever Anthony Swarzak in 2017, Brinson was part of the trade package that brought back Christian Yelich before the 2018 season and Ortiz is one of the organization's top pitching prospects. Jeffress re-signed with Milwaukee and has produced all-star numbers in 2018. 

Lucroy struggled in Texas and finished 2017 with Colorado, playing with a team that edged Milwaukee by one game for the second wild-card spot. He signed a one-year, $6.5 million contract with Oakland, one of several players who were expected to command more in a strange baseball offseason.