Braves Baserunning Blunder Costs Them World Series Bid
So as many of you may have seen, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Atlanta Braves 4–3 in Game 7 of the NLCS to advance to the World Series. While I’m not a fan of looking at one singular play throughout sporting events to blame for an entire loss, in this instance it certainly seems justified.
In the top of the 4th inning, already with a 3–2 lead, the Braves had runners on second and third with no outs. An easy situation to get at least two more runs across to really put the pressure on LA heading down the stretch.
Then this happened.
The bottom comment says it all, although it takes blame away from Dansby Swanson (the runner on 3rd), who deserves his fair share of the responsibility for this one, as well.
This is one of the worst baserunning blunders I’ve ever seen. Anyone who knows baseball knows that with a runner on third, on a ground ball to the left side of the infield, especially one hit to third, you simply don’t leave. Dansby Swanson breaking for home on this play is totally inexcusable in the first…
