It’s a two-run game against the Washington Nationals in the top of the ninth inning, runners at the corners, nobody out. (No thanks to an earlier defensive miscue from shortstop Alika Williams.)
David Bednar procures a chopper from pinch-hitter Keibert Ruiz to first baseman Alfonso Rivas. Too slow to get a double play, and the run scores, but at least you get an out somewhere, right?
Not exactly.
Rivas fields it cleanly in time to get Luis Garcia on his way to second, who does not run exceptionally well, but he hesitates. Now, more than halfway to second base, he turns and throws to David Bednar covering first.