Jarren Duran looked back at the mitt of Dodgers catcher Will Smith, where a funky 82-mph pitch from right-hander Brent Honeywell had just landed after breaking down and away from the left-handed-hitting slugger.
Then the Boston Red Sox star shot a glance at home-plate umpire Laz Diaz, who rang up Duran on a called third strike that was outside of the zone to end the top of the ninth inning of an eventual 7-6, 11-inning Dodgers victory on Saturday.
“When you’re fooling the umpires,” Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia said, “that’s a pretty good pitch.