I gotta kinda blame the 1st base umpire as well.
He should have banged the guy. The check was close enough to go either way (at least the replay I saw) and if he would have pumped him out it would have bailed out Kerwin at that plate.
One of the few times in my opinion that you have to bang the batter out from the wing regardless. At least in a "protect the crew" mentality.
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