Alex Rodriguez Slams Addison Barger, Blue Jays for ninth Inning Baserunning

[ad_1] The Los Angeles Dodgers pressured a Sport 7 Friday evening because of a heads-up play by Kike Hernandez.

The veteran utility man threw the ball to second base to double off Addison Barger and finish Sport 6 after making a routine catch in left subject. Some folks in baseball are crediting Hernandez's consciousness to make the play, however former New York Yankees infielder Alex Rodriguez did not hesitate with making his emotions identified concerning the Blue Jays' baserunning.

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With runners on second and third with one out, it is very apparent what Barger was considering down at second base: rating on a base hit and tie the sport to power additional innings. Not that both staff was wanting one other 18 inning marathon recreation, however Toronto was decided to make the sport go not less than 10 innings.

This play occurred just some moments after Barger's double to left middle was caught within the padding of the wall which resulted in a ground-rule double for Toronto, a play that will likely be talked about for weeks after the World Collection wraps up.

"I used to be fairly stunned he bought to it," Barger instructed ESPN's Jesse Rogers concerning the play. "Off the bat, I believed it was going to go (proper) over the shortstop's head. I did not suppose it was going to journey that far. It was type of a nasty learn."

It might have been a nasty learn, however he wasn't the one member of the Blue Jays who felt that approach.

"I believed it was getting down 1,000 p.c," Isiah Kiner-Falefa instructed Rogers.

"It is a powerful learn," Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider admitted to Rogers. "(Hernandez) enjoying shallow and one out, you are considering rating. He made a very good play. It is such a tweener. He made a very good play, good throw. Good play by Rojas too. Wild. Wild technique to end it, for positive."

The Blue Jays now must hope they will shut it out in Sport 7 or else this error will reside hire free within the staff's head for an extended, very long time.