The Mets paid J.D. Martinez back by catching him in a hilarious and bizarre rundown
With the Tigers threatening to take the lead in the bottom of the eighth with runners at first and second,
... unless that was by design. Perhaps the Mets had decided to make a daring "Ocean's 11"-style con to pay Martinez back for his throw on Saturday. With the ball trickling into right field, Martinez rounded third. He had a choice to make: Run for home and risk getting nailed at the plate like he had done to Bruce the day before or hang back. It was a tough decision. With an angel and demon on each shoulder, he was stuck:
Unfortunately, he waited too long and
As
"That was one of the weirder plays I've been a part of. I thought for sure Martinez was going to go home and score. He must have thought that Neil had the ball because he stopped at third. It was hilarious to watch Grandy run through the infield and kind of not really know where to go with the ball. But he did an awesome job, froze the guy, got him in a rundown. We executed that play well when they kind of had a little bit of a breakdown there."
Put it all together and what do you have: Payback.