With no outs, a 3-0 lead, and the bases loaded in the 8th, Chris Gimenez stepped to the plate with a chance to break the game wide open. Instead he grounded to short in what looked to be a tailor-made double play. But since it was the Pirates the Cubs were playing against, you kinda knew something was going to happen.
Sean Rodriguez fielded the ball at short and fired home to catcher Elias Diaz to get the force on Anthony Rizzo. As we’ve seen him do before, the big first baseman barreled toward the plate and slid from inside the base line, taking Diaz’s legs out from beneath him and forcing his throw to first to sail out into right field, allowing two runs to score.