ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Yandy Diaz drilled a first-pitch two-seam fastball from Detroit Tigers reliever Jason Foley in the eighth inning.
Coming off the bat at 110.4 mph, the ball bounced to second baseman Willi Castro. He made a sliding play to rob Diaz of a single and then started an inning-ending double play with shortstop Niko Goodrum and first baseman Jonathan Schoop.
"That feed today, everyone will overlook," Goodrum said after Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in the series opener. "To make a sliding (play), turn around off your knee and throw a perfect feed, like that's not easy.