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Was Nick purposely throwing to 3rd or did that one just get away from him? Definitely could've had him at 2nd.

I saw that too, either 1 he was aiming for it was still a bad throw. I have a feeling he was planning on going to 3rd and tried to switch to 1st and it ended up halfway between.

Definitely could have and should have had him at 2nd though.

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Good hit... bad baserunning by Ty. The story of the O's season.

No, that was bad luck on Ty's part. The ball was hit RIGHT to where he was. He had no chance of making it to third or second. The baserunning from there on was spot on because it allowed Luke to make it to 2nd.

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