Let’s stipulate this right now: Even if Drew Smyly had picked up David Peralta’s little broken-bat dribbler down the third-base line leading off the eighth inning cleanly, he probably doesn’t throw out Peralta at first, though he’d have had a chance.
But seriously, Yan Gomes, what are you thinking here? [VIDEO]
Sure, most times that’s the catcher’s play, but in this case Smyly went off the mound quickly and definitely was about to get the ball, or at least he was until Gomes ran over him.