"The Orioles were shifted on Mark Teixeira, so third baseman Manny Machado had moved closer to second base, leaving third open. Third-base coach Joe Espada waved Sanchez around second, but Machado darted back toward the bag, snared the throw from right fielder Steve Pearce and tagged Sanchez about eight feet from the base.
'They gave me a green light,' Sanchez said through a translator. 'We thought we had a chance there to get to third. Unfortunately not.'
'When I made the turn, I tried to run as fast as I could. Couldn't see the throw because I was focused on getting to the base.
'I always say that mind has to be made up by the baserunner,' Girardi said. 'It's not Joe's. I think he was reading the third baseman and he took a gamble that he wasn't going to get back there. It took a really good throw and a really good play by Machado. I don't have a problem.
It's an aggressive play. We've been playing aggressive. That time it caught up to us. But I think the thought process was pretty good, because of the shift and what it took to get him.'
Whatever the case, it was just another moment in the spotlight for a guy who must be getting used to it."
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