Baseball's an intricate game because everything, down to the smallest detail, matters. A pitch, a heads-up play, or one at-bat can have a profound impact on a game.
In Saturday's loss to the Washington Nationals, Cincinnati Reds third baseman Mike Moustakas offered a glaring example of how the little things can evolve into big things.
Moustakas has been struggling, hitting .111 over Cincinnati's last 15 games, but his at-bat on Saturday in the fifth inning was a good indication that he might not be far away from finding his form, and sometimes an at-bat doesn't have to result in a hit to change a game.