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Originally Posted by johnnyg08
Just like the LAD/D-Backs game right...if Pierre doesn't get in the rundown, they don't have the 4th out option right?
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Not precisely true. If the appeal, whether tagging the runner or tagging the base, occurs before the run crosses the plate, then there would be no need for the fourth out option. I saw some fan comments that suggested it was the body tag rather than the "force-out" base tag that made the difference, which is wrong, of course.
Pierre did not get into a rundown. Both F4 Lopez and R2 Pierre were walking toward each other while R3 Ethier was sprinting across the plate. That's what made that play possible. DMF4.