In a huge swing moment in the 4th inning of Game 3 between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros, catcher Yasmani Grandal was hit by a throw coming to the plate that redirected and allowed Luis Robert to score.
Houston protested that Grandal got in the way on purpose but they lost that debate and the run counted for the White Sox.
Per ESPN, the catcher for the White Sox pleaded his case.
“I wish I could tell you it was a heads-up play,” Grandal said after the White Sox's 12-6 win to stave off elimination in the best-of-five series. “I didn't even know I was running that far inside the line. I was actually just trying to get to first.
“It takes me a long time to get there [first base], so as I hit the ball, I'm looking down,” Grandal said. “As I look up, I see the ball kind of coming straight at me. I try to get out of the way, and it hit me.”
If it was intentional, and it's really hard to tell, it was a savvy move by the veteran catcher that added on runs for the White Sox in what eventually results in a 12-6 victory.
Astros manager Dusty Baker wasn't to
“I was arguing the fact that especially him being a catcher, he knows what he was doing,” Baker said. “I mean, that was a smart play on his part, and that was the explanation that they gave me that they didn't see anything wrong with the play.”
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