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Breakdown: Astros’ third base coach Omar Lopez’s intelligent send

Against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night, the Houston Astros had a run down in the sixth that ended with Kyle Tucker being tagged out. This led to two outs in the inning, while Diamondbacks’ pitcher Brandyn Sittinger was looking to get someone else out.

Here’s the tag up for you to draw your own conclusions. But keep in mind that Lopez doesn’t have a broadcast slo mo replay before making the decision. He felt that it was close enough that it was worth making the sacrifice to guarantee the tying run scored pic.