Brett Phillips played his unexpected pitching appearance Friday night to the hilt.

The Rays Travis Homer Jerseys backup outfielder was tapped to work the bottom of the eighth inning after the Blue Jays had put up double-digit runs on Tampa Bay's real pitchers. Phillips, he of the (just Google "Brett Phillips laugh"), made sure to have maximum fun with his mound work.

It started with his warmup in the bullpen.

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Russell Wilson Jerseys It continued with his run-in to the field (think WWE + Jared Hughes).

Brett Phillips takes the mound for his first career pitching appearanceI'M DYING

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And it kept going right through his final C.J. Prosise Jerseys out.

Phillips threw his first pitch 94 mph, just to show everyone that he could. After that, it was all slow-pitch softball complete with an arc.

Brett Phillips, 94mph Fastball and 47mph Slowball.Changing speeds.

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Yermin Mercedes would have tried to if he hadn't been sent to the minors earlier in the day.

The man known as "Maverick" was just as effective Jim Zorn Jerseys as the Rays' actual hurlers: one run, two hits, two Jamal Adams T Shirts walks anda balk when he dropped the ball with a runner on base. He threw 23 pitches, 12 for strikes. Here are the three outs he recorded;the final two came on highlight-reel plays by the Tampa Bay infield.

Of course, Phillips kept it light on Twitter afterward.

Pitching is way harder than it looks.

Maverick Phillips (@Brett_Phillips8)

But if he ever wants to take pitching seriously, he does have 94 Tyler Ott Jerseys in his back pocket . . .