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The art of going from second to home on a ball hit in the infield - A Hunt and Peck

On Sunday afternoon against the Rockies, Harrison Bader scored from second base. That is nothing too unusual - in fact, it happens quite frequently. What made this play interesting is that Harrison Bader scored from second base on a ball hit like this:

That ball traveled around ninety feet, though did get some good airtime on the bounce. How does this happen? Well it requires a few key conditions to be met.

First and foremost, there needs to be speed on the basepaths for this to work.