Sometimes the ball just doesn’t bounce your way in baseball. And sometimes, you have a guy playing out of position resulting in an extra-innings loss to your division rivals. That was the case for the Dodgers on Friday night in San Francisco.
Going into extras yet again, the Dodgers went with the offensive approach and ended up with Will Smith playing first base. Yes, that Will Smith. The same Will that has not played first base since a college scrimmage game, according to him after the game.
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What followed was a throwing error from Trea Turner that arguably should have been caught.