The Braves lost a base runner to the Utley rule Monday afternoon:
Max Scherzer walked Nick Markakis to lead off the seventh inning Monday. On Hector Olivera’s grounder to third base, Markakis slid wide into second base, upending Daniel Murphy after he took the throw from third baseman Anthony Rendon.
Murphy’s throw to first base was late, but Olivera was ruled out at first for the double play because the slide by Markakis took him too far inside the bag. The slide was ruled too wide even though Markakis initially touched the bag.
Good. Runners will start sliding correctly. The Nationals beat the Braves 4-3 in 10 innings.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/1RJSzW5
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