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Wrong Play? Great Result

Kevin Millar was on second with no outs, and the White Sox were ahead, 6-2, in the fourth.

Bill Mueller hit a sharp grounder to second baseman Tadahito Iguchi, who was shaded up the middle.

The conventional play for Iguchi in such a situation, especially given the score, would be to throw to first base for the out, allowing Millar to move to third.

But when Iguchi fielded the ball, he looked up, saw how far from third base the slow-footed Millar was, and threw to third baseman Joe Crede. The throw was in the dirt. Crede, though, deftly scooped the ball and applied the tag on Millar for the first out of the inning, defusing the Red Sox' uprising.

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