You can’t fault Francisco Lindor here.
It’s just a no-win situation.
First off, let’s break it down: On Thursday, the New York Mets were down 3-2 to the rival Atlanta Braves in the ninth inning. Lindor was on first with no outs. Pete Alonso was at the plate.
On the first pitch from Kenley Jansen, Lindor took off for second and Alonso got the bat on the ball in an apparent hit-and-run.
But Alonso hit a fly ball to shallow right field. Lindor slid into second and realized he could be doubled off if a catch was made, so he started heading back toward first.
But the ball dropped. And Lindor was out at second after an easy force play:
Oh noooo
Francisco Lindor just got eaten alive by the hit-and-run monster pic.twitter.com/F7sstv6XZC
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 19, 2022
The ball drops between three Braves players, but it doesn't matter because Francisco Lindor is out at second on the force. pic.twitter.com/FKTMWBqrcH
— Baseball GIFs (@gifs_baseball) August 19, 2022
Did he get fooled a bit by Vaughn Grissom?
Did … did Vaughn Grissom fake like he was fielding a ground ball, causing Lindor to slide into second?? pic.twitter.com/i0a6K9iNAp
— Justin Felder (@Justin_FOX5) August 19, 2022
Just saw this play by Grissom to deak Lindor. Plays the groundball and Lindor dives into 2nd. The kid is a winner.#Braves pic.twitter.com/sWNMOXkWa5
— Brett Washburn (@coachbwashburn) August 19, 2022
Fans reacted
I am tired just watching this 😆 https://t.co/Tgy0MASphp
— Odor’s Haymaker (@OdorHaymaker) August 19, 2022
Pete swinging 0-0 makes it 10000x worse https://t.co/Yz9Sxd1RpT
— adrian (@amlbarnes) August 19, 2022
Nothing Lindor could do here. OF are so shallow, dude is out either way. https://t.co/LFV4pSF2qh
— Mikey P. 😎🇵🇷 (@MikeyBeisbol) August 19, 2022
First time I've ever seen this https://t.co/cQYeQwbagI
— Rust Cohle's Burner 🇧🇧 (@WoLf_PaK_MeMbA) August 19, 2022
Not much you can do about that https://t.co/C3oO1NGVhB
— Matterall (@MatttCronin) August 19, 2022
