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Before Trea Turner got caught stealing home on Wednesday in Cincinnati, he had not been caught stealing since Sept. 5, 2022.

He got caught at second that night at Dodger Stadium because he popped up and came off the bag.

Turner stole 41 consecutive stolen bases from Sept. 6, 2022, through Wednesday night. The Elias Sports Bureau said it is the third-longest streak since both leagues started tracking stolen bases in 1951. The Cardinals' Vince Coleman stole 50 consecutive bases from 1988-89. Ichiro Suzuki of the Mariners stole 45 consecutive bases from 2006-07.

Then, Turner.

“Hopefully, I’ll start another one,” he said.

Turner said he appreciates the historical aspect of the streak.

“I think it’s pretty cool just to pick up some bags and be efficient at it,” he said. “I don’t want to say, ‘Not cost your team an out,’ because there’s a risk vs. reward and it’s a good thing. But just to be efficient enough to put the team in a better situation and not giving anything up was cool. It’s almost better now. I mean now I can be even more aggressive. I feel like everybody talks about it and then you’re like, 'Yeah, I don’t want to get caught.' So now it’s over.”

The Phillies on Wednesday ran a delayed steal. Alec Bohm was on first base. Turner was on third. Since the beginning of the 2022 season, the Phillies and Reds lead the Major Leagues with seven attempts to steal home with a runner on first.

The Phillies successfully stole four times. They got caught three times.

It is a play the Reds know the Phillies like to run. So when Bohm broke for second, catcher Tyler Stephenson popped up behind the plate and pump faked a strong throw to second.

Turner had already broken home by that point. He was doomed.

“Yeah, I mean, you’re just basically guessing,” Turner said. “They say wait for the ball to leave the hand, but if you wait for that, you’re probably out on the return. It’s just a team play, a gamble. It just didn’t work out.”

Stephenson indicated that the Reds expected the Phillies to run a delayed steal.

“It’s something we obviously have in the arsenal,” he said about the pump fake. “I think that’s [catching coach] J.R. [House] and all of them and the stuff they see. We get all the signs from them and relay it out. We had it on and it came up and I just gave a good pump fake. I happened to look and see Turner breaking. We know he’s one of the more aggressive guys in the league. Obviously, speed is a big part of his game. I just tried to sell the pump fake there as best I could. It was pretty textbook after that.”

It was a weird way for Turner’s streak to end, just like it was weird how he got caught stealing on Sept. 5, 2022.

But it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Turner get on another long streak. He said a couple weeks ago that stealing bases is easier than ever since pitchers are limited to three pickoff throws (if the third pickoff isn’t successful, the runner is awarded the next base). He also said pitchers have fewer tendencies before beginning their delivery, which gives the basestealer a better jump.

“Now if you can read the pitcher well enough, it’s just there,” Turner said about stolen bases. “As long as you execute on your end, you’re pretty much -- I don’t want to say free, it’s not that -- but it’s more just kind of playing baseball out there.”