Machado hit a ball off the wall in the 6th inning of Game 3, but only ended up on first after admiring it a little bit too much. Some critics said the play loomed large, as they felt Machado could have been in scoring position with two outs in what was a 1-0 game at that point.
Machado disagreed with the latter assertion, but admitted he was embarrassed by the fact that it happened.
“That was very, very, very, very poor baserunning by me,” Machado said, via Ken Davidoff of the New York Post. “I probably wasn’t going to be on second base, but very embarrassing.”
Machado has openly admitted he doesn’t like to hustle, but this wasn’t so much a lack of hustle as it was simply admiring a fly ball that wasn’t hit far enough to be admired. It’s another chapter in a postseason that hasn’t done much for his reputation.
