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Originally Posted by VAChief
It didn't look like Peralta and/or Diaz were in the right position. Peralta was in between a cutoff position and covering third. Diaz held his position instead of being at third. On a short single that is the most common shift with runners on 1st and 2nd. On a deep hit short goes out to cut. It looked like Grichuk came up to throw and where he would normally go there was no one in place and he basically sort armed it into the infield.
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Are we talking about the same play? Diaz went out to try to catch the bloop and Grichuk came up guns blazing to the plate. He didn't even look to third.