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April 19, 2007
It isn't often you see a baserunner move from second to third on a groundout to third base.
But some outstanding recognition and baseurnning skills by the Blue Jays' Vernon Wells in a crucial part of today's game made that happen.
Frank Thomas hit a hard hopper to third baseman Kevin Youkilis, who had to be playing back of the base to respect Thomas's power and also because of speed of ground balls on the turf.
Wells took off as the ball neared Youkilis, who had no play on the Jays' runner. Youkilis threw to first for the out. So Toronto had a runner at third with one out in a 3-3 game.
But after an intentional walk to Lyle Overbay, Aaron Hill bounced into an inning-ending double play back to pitcher Mike Timlin, with shortstop Alex Cora making a great turn.
-- Steven Krasner
Posted by Steven Krasner 
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