White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko was credited with an infield hit with two outs in the seventh inning Sunday, costing Kansas City?s Jeremy Guthrie his chance for a no-hitter.
The slow-footed Konerko hit a grounder into the hole at short. Alcides Escobar grabbed it, but made a poor throw that bounced high off the dirt and well to the right of the bag at first base. Eric Hosmer was still in good position to make the scoop, but the ball bounced off his glove, and even though the game was in Kansas City, it was ruled an infield single.
Here?s the video.
Personally, I?d have given Escobar an error on the play. While he did have to range to his right for the ball, he still had plenty of time to get a runner as slow as Konerko.
That said, if there hadn?t been a no-hitter at stake, no one would have questioned it being called a hit. That?s likely how it would have been ruled 90 percent of the time. It wasn?t a routine play for either Escobar or Hosmer, and it pretty much has to be a routine play for an error to be called in this day and age.
Guthrie went on to allow a clean single to Dayan Viciedo with two outs in the eighth.
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