GenXAg said:
I don't blame Wash for that so much as Cruz. From my recollection, that was a routine fly ball that Cruz either got lazy on or just let his nerves get to him and he didn't want it going by him so he didn't charge it as hard as he could.
Yeah that's about as bad a recollection as it gets.
Cruz was going back on the ball, not charging in.
And far from a routine fly ball -- it was a well hit ball that hit the bottom of the wall in-flight. To give you an idea of the trajectory, that ball if hit down the right field line in Globe Life might have actually snuck out of the stadium for a homerun.
You could make a decent case that Cruz should have simply played it off the wall which likely would have saved a run. Unfortunately him actually trying to catch it after being out of position compounded the misplay.