CWS Championship Game One

[Blue37]

Monday night, late in the game, a Georgia runner was coming in to score. His slide was really late (his butt did not hit the ground until his feet were past the plate), and it appeared he was going to try to knock the ball lose. It didn't matter as the throw never got to the catcher, but....

If the throw had not hit the runner, and the catcher was waiting with the ball, could that have been malicious contact? I tried to find a highlight that showed the contact from 3B extended, but the only shots I could find were from behind the plate. Those shots show the lateness of the slide, but the 3B extended replay Monday night, at least to me, showed the runner was trying to initiate contact to knock the ball loose.

Did anyone else see it the way I did?