With runners on third and very first base, the Indians Francisco Lindor struck a grounder to Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, who threw it house to catcher Yadier Molina so that Cesar Hernandez, who was on 3rd base, could not score.
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Molina diminished Hernandez on the third base line and tagged him out, then turned and began chasing Jose Ramirez back to 2nd base. Molina fabricated like he was going to throw away Lindor initially base, however in fact tossed it to center fielder Dylan Carlson, who was covering 2nd base and tagged out Ramirez.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Elias Sports Bureau has no record of a 3-2-8 double play like this ever occurring with records returning to 1961. A 3-2-8 play refers to the procession of the positions, as the ball went from the very first baseman, to the catcher, to the center fielder.
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However the Cardinals were gotten ready for it.
” We work on this quite a bit. Theres constantly a responsibility in rundowns, pickoffs, caught-offs– outfielders have a responsibility,” supervisor Mike Shildt stated after the game. “We actually work on– whenever we do a caught-off or fundamental, which is generally what that became, or a rundown– whenever we do that, we have outfielders associated with that drill to support a base.”
The St. Louis Cardinals managed an once-in-a-lifetime play in a once-in-a-lifetime-season Friday with a 3-2-8 double play versus the Cleveland Indians.
It was a gloomy day for the Cardinals other than the 3-2-8 double play, as they wound up losing to the Indians 14-2.
Shildt also praised the impulses of his teams catcher, Molina, calling him a “budding Hall of Famer.”
