On Thursday afternoon the Kansas City Royals took on the Cleveland Guardians in a matinee affair, and fans were treated to some impressive acrobatics.
In the top of the sixth with no outs, Royals center fielder Kyle Isbel was at the plate with left fielder MJ Melendez on third and right fielder Hunter Renfroe on second. Isbel smacked a grounder to first. Melendez was off and running with the crack of the bat; the grounder was fielded cleanly by Josh Naylor, who rifled the ball to home in an effort to save a run.
It looked like Naylor's throw had Melendez dead to rights in every sense. And Melendez was, in fact, called out initially. But the off-target throw forced Cleveland catcher Bo Naylor to dive to his left, giving Melendez the slightest window of opportunity to dive over him and touch the plate.
