Javy Báez’s magic act typically gets rave reviews, but not everyone was applauding the new trick he unveiled Wednesday night in which he turned a double into a single. With men on first and second and none out in the top of the 4th, El Mago got under a center-cut Kris Bubic fastball and sliced it off to right field. Upset with himself for missing the meatball and assuming it was going foul, he failed to bust it out of the box.
The ball blooped down in no-man’s land just inside the first base line by a few inches, giving Kris Bryant the opportunity to score while Anthony Rizzo got to third.