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Originally Posted by rats60
All the Blue Jays needed was Isiah Kiner-Falefa to run hard through the base instead of slide into home and the Blue Jays win in 9.
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I was very confused by this. Why did he slide? It was a force play, there wasn't going to be a tag. Just a mental hiccup? Force plays at home are so rare that players automatically go into "avoid the tag" mode when headed home?
Kirk swinging away was also confusing. They'd already bunted Vlad over, so they already decided to play for a tie. Unless Barger walking changed their calculations significantly (and I don't think it should have - he wasn't going to score from first on a hit), given that they had already bunted Vlad over the play with Kirk should have been a suicide squeeze.