His entire slapping the other way approach was going to move the runner to 3rd no matter what. Mission accomplished. They only needed 1 run to win the game. They executed. Him being at first with a single was irrelevant on the outcome. What was relevant was the runner moving to 3rd base where it didn't take a single to win the game. Sac fly to Reddick ended it.astros4545 said:
I'd say it's because he got a hit