Fernando Tatís Jr collides with Will Smith, a breakdown
What Happened
In a tense NL West matchup between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers, right-handed pitcher Joe Kelly of the Dodgers faces off against star shortstop Fernando Tatís Jr. of the Padres. With the game hanging in the balance, Kelly struggles with his control, walking Tatís on four straight pitches to put him on first base. Padres outfielder Trent Grisham then hits a ground ball that finds its way through the infield, sending Tatís all the way to third base. However, Grisham is thrown out at second by Dodgers catcher Will Smith, leaving Tatís stranded at third with one out. Padres third baseman Manny Machado steps up next and pokes a ball to Smith, who makes the play at home to try and prevent Tatís from scoring. As Tatís attempts to score, he collides with Smith at the plate. Dodgers first baseman Max Muncy reaches out with his arms, seemingly trying to catch Tatís but ultimately unable to. Tatís is ruled out on the play, much to his confusion, as he appears to believe Smith was not allowed to block the plate before catching the ball. Afterward, Smith turns to Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly and says, "I made all three outs that inning. Good job." Kelly, however, remains silent, having not recorded any of the outs himself. Through this chaotic sequence, Tatís Jr. showcases his exceptional talent and aggression on the basepaths, but is ultimately thwarted by the Dodgers' defense. The young superstar has been tearing it up so far this season, batting .392 with 3 home runs and 10 RBIs in 11 games played. Fantasy managers would be wise to heed 's advice and add Tatís to their DraftKings lineups, using the "" for added value.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentgot a little collision and rundown
action in the padres dodgers game joe
kelly on the bump
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joe kelly for pitch walks
tatis jr the star of this video kelly
tried to tell us
he has no idea where the ball is going
to go when he throws it four pitch walk
tatis junior's on first base trent
grisham a ground ball with eyes that
sends
tatis to third and jock is gonna nail
grisham at second
not sure why you tried to go there i
guess they thought jack was gonna throw
a third and tatis is like dude come on
that was dumb could be first and third
right now no outs instead
man on third one out they have the
infield in try and not let them score
another run manny machado pokes one to
jock
he makes the second out then fires it in
not sure why tatis jr wasn't tagging up
from the start he moved on contact
great job by joe kelly to run him all
the way back to third there now turner's
gonna run him back to home
just looking fast in those uniforms and
bam it's right into him you know hats
off
our good dude matt beta he had his arms
out see that
you see this this is the international
sign for i'd like to try to catch you
but i don't think it's possible but my
intentions are good
uh sorry dude tatis is on the ground
he's out
not sure why he wasn't tagging up like
normal tested jock jack has two outfield
assists basically or does he not get
credit for that touch he's like i
thought
you couldn't block the plate now what's
interesting here is i don't know the
full rule
so all the fake umpires in the comments
you'll let me know
i is he allowed to stand there before he
gets the ball we all know that once the
ball's in his glove he's allowed to
block the plate
but if you can look at tatissa's left
leg he kind of tries to go around him i
think that's his first step like to the
left
and he makes that step before the balls
in his glove so he's already trying to
go around him before the ball is
officially caught
i have no idea what this rule says like
the nitty-gritty and then
bam they collide he never even touches
home beatty tries to catch him
and tatissa is confused i thought he
wasn't
allowed to block the plate jock says hey
joe i made all three outside inning good
job why don't you say thank you
uh joe hello are you gonna say thank you
i made all three outs you made none of
the outs i made all three outs
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