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Dodgers' Manny Machado: 'That Was Very, Very, Very, Very Poor Baserunning by Me'

Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Manny Machado owned up to his baserunning blunder in the sixth inning of Friday's Game 3 of the 2018 World Series.

Following L.A.'s 3-2 win in 18 innings over the Boston Red Sox, Machado admitted his mistake after he had to settle for a single while posing on a ball that hit off Dodger Stadium's left-center field wall.

"That was very, very, very, very poor baserunning by me," Machado said, per Ken Davidoff of the New York Post. "I probably wasn't going to be on second base, but very embarrassing.