Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 08, 2004
Wells Ribbies

I saw something unusual during the Cardinals-Padres game. With the bases loaded, Wells hit a slow grounder to 2nd. The runner on first slowed down so the 2nd baseman Luna couldn't tag him. So Luna threw to first to get Wells, and Pujols threw to the shortstop at 2nd to complete the double play. The only problem was that Pujols came off first early, so Wells was safe. In the ensuring rundown, the runner from 2nd scored the 2nd run of the play. Wells was award two RBI for this, tripleing his RBI total for the season and his career.

I'm not sure David deserved two RBI on the play. I won't argue with the runner scoring from third on the fielder's choice, but the runner scoring from 2nd came in as a result of the actions of the runner on first. I would have scored it as an advance on a throw, with no 2nd RBI for Wells.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:30 PM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Why wouldn't Luna have just stepped on 2nd for the force in the first place? He didn't need to tag the runner.

After he threw to 1st for the out there, then the force would have been removed and they'd have to tag the runner going to 2nd. But once the ump signaled safe at first, they should have realized the force was still on and thrown back to 2nd base for the force there.

I didn't see the play, but the way you describe it says the Cardinals had a complete mental breakdown and kept trying to chase runners down to tag them when all they needed to do was touch the bag for the force.

Posted by: Adam Kalsey at September 10, 2004 02:54 AM