The A’s were in some trouble when Matt Chapman started tracking a ball bouncing down the third-baseline. The Los Angeles Angels had two runners in scoring position with no one out in the fourth inning when Albert Pujols sent the platinum glover into action, but Chapman wasn’t thinking about heroics when deciding what to do with a ball in hand.
“I was looking to keep the ball in the infield, get an out no matter what and try to minimize the damage,” Chapman said. “[Justin] Upton seemed to go on contact on that play. My momentum was already taking me into foul territory on that play and home plate was an easier throw anyways, so I took the shorter throw and saved a run right there.