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Barraclough laments plays leading up to wild pitch
- Updated: August 14, 2016
MIAMI — Kyle Barraclough’s slider may have been too filthy for his own good in the biggest play of the Marlins’ 8-7 loss to the White Sox on Saturday at Marlins Park. The result was a fluke play.
With the game tied at 7 in the eighth and runners on second and third, Barraclough buried a slider that Melky Cabrera chased for strike three for what should’ve been the third out. But the ball scooted far enough away from catcher J.T. Realmuto to allow Dioner Navarro to score from third.
“It was a weird play,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. “Unbelievable block by J.T., I thought. That’s a short, short slider that he threw really hard. Obviously on the swing he keeps it from getting it back away from him. That’s a tough, tough block. I thought he did a great job of trying to, you know if we can finish that, that would be just a …
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