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- Updated: May 21, 2016
CINCINNATI — Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart is used to seeing a slight infield shift to the first-base side, but not quite like the one he saw in the sixth inning of Friday night’s 8-3 loss to the Mariners.
“Usually teams will shade me to pull in the infield, but the third baseman will play on the baseline from second to third, just kind of over just a little bit off the line,” Barnhart said on Saturday. “But yesterday the third baseman was all the way to shortstop.”
With a wide hole down the third-base line, Barnhart took the opportunity and pushed a bunt down the line. With nobody close enough to make a play, Barnhart easily made it to first with his second hit of the game and his third career bunt base hit.
“That’s what he does, bunt and slash. We talk a lot about Barney, how his speed dynamic plays so well,” joked manager Bryan Price about the slow-footed Barnhart. “His goal this year …
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