Angels’ Taylor Ward says his baserunning gaffe `probably never happen again’

ANAHEIM Calif AP Taylor Ward committed a baserunning gaffe that was embarrassing but not costly for the Los Angeles Angels in a - success over the San Francisco Giants Ward grounded into what he thought was a - - double play in the eighth inning Friday night taking a wide turn around first base and -to- approaches toward second before veering toward the third-base dugout Giants first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr bobbled the low throw but did not see Ward heading toward second and threw the ball to pitcher Lou Trivino I didn t realize he didn t catch it Ward disclosed Saturday I didn t hear anybody yelling I didn t know what was going on I just saw the catcher running to first base and that s when I was like Something is wrong When he realized his mistake Ward scrambled back to first base and dived headfirst into the bag colliding awkwardly with Giants catcher Patrick Bailey who was unable to handle Trivino s wide throw as Ward was safe That s Baseball Angels manager Ron Washington mentioned I think it sent a lesson to everyone that when you touch first base no matter what happens if you don t intend to go to second then you turn out He thought he was out He didn t know the guy dropped the ball so he was coming off the field It didn t look good but that wasn t his intention Three years ago in Houston Ward singled to right field and took a wide turn around the bag not realizing Astros catcher Martin Maldonado was behind him covering first base Right fielder Kyle Tucker threw to second baseman Jose Altuve who threw to Maldonado and he applied the tag on Ward for the out Those are two of the weirdest plays I ve been a part of Ward announced of the play and Friday night s episode It s a good thing we won and it s a good thing I made it back to the bag I think it s just a freak play that will allegedly never happen again AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source