Pirates second baseman Adam Frazier raced over too late. Perez tried getting the ball to Frazier while he was running, but the throw went behind him and into the outfield. Baez, who had safely slid head first into first base, popped back onto this feet upon seeing Perez’s throw go astray, then raced and slid safely into second. (The official box score’s description had Baez reaching first on a fielder’s choice and second on a throwing error.) “It’s easy to say from the outside that that’s the easy thing to do, but when you’re in the heat of it, he starts moving around, you don’t know what’s going on, it can speed up on you kind of quick,” Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks said of Craig’s not stepping on first base, before referring to Baez: “That’s just what he does by putting pressure on the other team.”Baez ended up on scoring on a single by Ian Happ for a 3-0 Cubs lead.

Source: New York Times May 27, 2021 23:48 UTC