The Braves lead the Rockies 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth, the one run scoring on an unusual play. With Juan Francisco on third, Rockies catcher Wilin Rosario held a pitch and looked Rosario back to the base. He then threw the ball back to the pitcher, Jhoulys Chacin, who swatted at the ball and knocked back behind the mound. That allowed Francisco to score, and give the Braves a 1-0 lead. I’m not sure I’ve seen that before. I’ve seen catchers not be able to throw the ball to the pitcher, but this was a perfectly good throw. I wonder if Wilin holding the ball longer threw off Chacin’s timing?
And I thought the Rockies would work hard on their catching skills after this play in Detroit a few months ago – http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=22349415&source=MLB&gid=2012_06_16_colmlb_detmlb_1