In the Astro game, that's EXACTLY what happened. I saw it during the game, and it was explained well by the broadcasters (miracle of miracles). They even showed where the plate umpire was asking for the ball, and the BU put his hands up for dead ball. On ESPN, however, they did not show PU's actions, and only showed the rundown, ending with the tag out right next to B1U, who had his hands up. They did an AWFUL job explaining what happened, and only focused on the succeeding ejection of Sandy Alomar Sr.
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