I don’t believe that many baseball games are won or lost in the first inning. I don’t think this game was lost in the first inning. The fact is, though, that Merrill Kelly should have given up no runs in the 1st inning if Ketel didn’t whiff on Manny Machado’s ground ball to his left with a runners on the corner and one out. It wasn’t an easy play to make, but Ketel has been one of the best defensive second baseman in the Majors this year, and it’s a play that I’m sure Ketel thinks he should’ve/could’ve made.
Diamondback 3, Padres 5: Out of Our Hands
