"It's not a good feeling," Grichuk said, commiserating about Polanco afterward. "That's for sure."
In the fifth, with Michael Wacha nursing a one-run lead with a runner at first and one out, Andrew McCutchen lined a ball toward center field. Grichuk misread the trajectory and never could recover. Getting ready to make a diving attempt, he instead slipped to the ground, and the ball bounced past him for a game-tying triple.
"It kind of started dying," Grichuk said afterward. "I tried to stay on my feet and couldn't.