Sounds like a case of mistakefest. My guess is that if Mench had taken off it would have been up to the umpire to decide if he had a chance to make it to second. If so he would have had to correct his mistake. That reason is why we shouldn't be throwing balls around without calling time first. And we should all know time cannot be granted with the BR still on his way to first after a walk.
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