That's what made it so surprising Saturday when Peralta did not hustle out of the box in the third inning on a deep fly ball to center. Giants outfielder Angel Pagan deked Peralta into thinking the ball was going to go over the wall, so Peralta jogged instead of running.
Because of that, Peralta ended up with a long single instead of a double. Rather than chastise his player, D-backs manager Chip Hale realized he needed instead to lift his spirits after the play.
"He's a gung-ho hustler and it just affected him," Hale said.