Dodgers get screwed on controversial Manny Machado baserunning interference play
The Los Angeles Dodgers got screwed Tuesday on a baserunning play by Manny Machado in the second inning of Game 3 of the NLDS between the Dodgers and San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, Calif.
The Dodgers were leading 1-0 in the game thanks to a home run from Mookie Betts in the top of the first inning. Then in the bottom of the second, Machado led off with a single. Jackson Merrill followed with a hard hit grounder to first for a fielder’s choice. Freddie Freeman fielded the ball and tried to throw to second for the force out, but Freeman’s throw went off Machado and bounced into left field, allowing Machado to reach third base.
The Los Angeles Dodgers got screwed Tuesday on a baserunning play by Manny Machado in the second inning of Game 3 of the NLDS between the Dodgers and San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, Calif.
The Dodgers were leading 1-0 in the game thanks to a home run from Mookie Betts in the top of the first inning. Then in the bottom of the second, Machado led off with a single. Jackson Merrill followed with a hard hit grounder to first for a fielder’s choice. Freddie Freeman fielded the ball and tried to throw to second for the force out, but Freeman’s throw went off Machado and bounced into left field, allowing Machado to reach third base.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto did not deliver the kind of start the Los Angeles Dodgers were looking for in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Saturday. Manager Dave Roberts thinks he knows why.
Roberts suggested that Yamamoto may have been tipping his pitches against the San Diego Padres during Game 1 at Dodger Stadium. Yamamoto allowed five runs in three innings, with seven of the 16 batters he faced reaching base. The veteran manager believes that may have been because something about the pitcher’s glove was tipping pitches to the Padres.
“There are some things that I think we’re going to dig into, because I think at second base they had some things with his glove [that were] giving away some pitches,” Roberts said, via Brian Murphy of MLB.com. “We’re going to clean that up. That’s part of baseball. So it’s on us to kind of clean that up and not give away what pitch he’s going to throw.”
