The replay, Ben Revere said, showed that he had lifted his foot a half-inch off second base in the seventh inning of Friday's 5-4 loss to San Francisco. And sometimes, he said, a half-inch is all it takes.
Revere did not re-touch second base after running past the bag on a steal attempt. He returned to first on a Jeff Francoeur's shallow fly-out to right field. First base coach Juan Samuel told Revere he missed the bag after he returned to first. By then, it was too late. The Giants threw to first. Revere was out and a rally was squandered.