Marwin Gonzalez makes incredible throw to rob Manny Machado

You might recall last week when Mike Trout was robbed of a home run on a very Mike Trout-esque play by Will Venable. On Monday night, Manny Machado learned that feeling too.

Credit here goes to Marwin Gonzalez, the Houston Astros shortstop, who made an incredible play in the fifth inning to rob Machado of a hit and save a run in what would eventually be a 5-2 win for his team. Machado hit what looked like a single to centerfield, but Gonzalez ranged to the middle of the field, grabbed the ball, then fell/spun/jumped and made the throw to first base.

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Watch closely and you’ll see his throw happened pretty much on blind faith. Gonzalez didn’t have much of a chance to see first base, but was able to hop a ball to Chris Carter in time to beat Machado to the bag. 

If that sort of thing looks familiar to Machado, it’s because of plays like this:

If anybody can respect getting robbed of a hit on a play as nifty as Gonzalez’s, it’s Machado.

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