The Dodgers and Mets don’t know the infield fly rule. Dodgers on first and second and no one out in the sixth, a pop up is dropped by David Daniel Murphy, as he lost the ball. The umpires call infield fly, so the runners can hold the bag. Chone Figgins and Yasiel Puig both take off for third and second respectively. Murphy throws the ball to Wilmer Flores, who tags the bag, thinking it’s a force play on Puig. Puig doesn’t know he needs to be tagged, so he goes past second thinking he’s out, then Flores tags him once Murphy yells at Flores. Both these teams need a refresher on the rule.
The Mets lead the Dodgers 3-1 in the sixth.
Huh–I read the play by play and assumed that a bunt had been popped up. Naturally, Bill Plaschke will find a way to make this some sort of epic moral failing on Puig’s part (ignoring that the veteran Chone Figgins made the same error).
It was ridiculous. Murphy didn’t come close to catching the ball. The Mets seemed clueless until they finally woke up. Puig would have been safe if he had just stayed on the bag. He also got doubled off later in the game on a line drive to the outfield.
M. Scott Eiland » Actually, Figgins moving to third was a good idea. He had the speed, and it would have been a tough throw for Murphy.
Daniel Murphy, not David Murphy.
Randy » Thanks, always confuse those two.