Cronenworth’s glove breaks, costing Padres in opener vs. Dodgers
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Jake Cronenworth’s glove gave the All-Star first baseman a complete lot of bother.
Cronenworth was about to glove Gavin Lux’s one-out chopper to begin what gave the impression to be an easy-inning double play. Instead of the eighth inning ending with the rating 2-2, the ball went by a gap within the webbing of Cronenworth’s huge first base mitt as Teoscar Hernández crossed the plate with the go-ahead run.
Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani adopted with RBI singles, and the Los Angeles Dodgers went on to a 5-2 opening win Wednesday night time within the first main league sport in South Korea.
“It could have gone through innings before that. It just happened at that situation and it sucks,” Cronenworth mentioned. “I mean I thought it was an easy double play, I caught it on the first bounce.”
Watching from the dugout, Padres supervisor Mike Shildt was pondering the Padres had gotten out of the inning.
“I felt pretty confident it was a 3-6-1,” he said. “But it goes through his webbing and the rest is history.”
Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts acknowledged his crew’s luck.
“A fortunate break for us,” he mentioned. “You should take them when you may get them.”
