Cardinals' JJ Wetherholt hits Little League grand slam in win over Padres, capitalizing on Fernando Tatís Jr. error
Wetherholt zoomed around the bases on Friday after his single rolled past Tatís in right field.
JJ Wetherholt is a month and change removed from his MLB debut. The St. Louis Cardinals second baseman is still pretty new to the majors.
On Friday night in San Diego, he was the beneficiary of a play that belongs in a much, much lower level. With the bases loaded in the top of the fifth, Wetherholt beamed a single to right field, where Padres three-time All-Star Fernando Tatís Jr. was well positioned to field it and limit the scoring.
Except Tatís missed the ball. He reached down to snag it, but it rolled right past him and all the way to the wall. Tatís had to double back to track it down.
By the time he finally reached the ball, the Cardinals were on the verge of plating their third run. And by the time the cut-off man, Padres second baseman Sung-Mun Song, fired it home, Wetherholt had already scored. Helmet off, the 23-year-old Wetherholt hooted and hollered as he finished his race to complete a Little League grand slam.