"Before the inning started," Colon told MLB.com by phone, "I was down in the cages with [Jarrod] Dyson and we were just chatting and I told him, 'I have this vision of me at the plate and you on third base.'"
Sure enough, moments later, that was exactly the scenario.
"When I got to the dugout, Skip [Ned Yost] said, 'Hey, you're hitting third this inning,'" Colon said. "So I got ready right away. I mean, I grabbed a helmet and my bat and was good to go."
Salvador Perez led off the inning with a looping single.