New Angels second baseman Ian Kinsler did not see the one-hop smash that rifled off the bat of Colorado's David Dahl to lead off the second inning Thursday until the ball was about 10 feet in front of him.
Kinsler lunged to his right, knocked the ball down with a backhand stab and fell to ground, the ball squirting behind him. Kinsler calmly reached back, grabbed the ball and, from his knees, looped a throw to first base in time to catch Dahl.
After a Chris Iannetta single, shortstop Andrelton Simmons fielded Daniel Castro's hard grounder and flipped to Kinsler to start an inning-ending double play.