The San Diego Padres' aggressive baserunning, a hallmark of their play this season, encounters some hiccups in Sunday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays
The Padres ran into two outs on the bases in Sunday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Could it be a byproduct of their aggressive baserunning?
San Diego leads the league in going first to third on singles and ranks seventh in the majors in baserunning runs above average. But in their 6-3 win over the Blue Jays at Petco Park, San Diego seemed caught off-guard on a couple of occasions.were caught on baserunning blunders twice on Sunday. Jurickson Profar was picked off at second to end the first inning with Manny Machado on third base and then Tyler Wade was doubled off second when Fernando Tatis Jr.
Manager Mike Shildt wasn't upset with the two mistakes after the game. He was pleased with the team's aggressiveness but explained there is a fine line between being aggressive and over-aggressive which is what those two gaffes crossed.. “I mean, these guys are playmakers. We’re always balancing the line between aggression and just blind aggression. We’re an aggressive club. We’ll play aggressive baseball. We’ll learn from the aggression.
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