VIDEO: Nick Markakis Drills Jack Flaherty With Hard Grounder That Goes Directly to Paul Goldschmidt
By Brendan Azoff
Kick save and a beauty! You never want to see a pitcher get hit by a comebacker, but there's no better way to get hit by a ground ball than the way St. Louis Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty just got hit by a shot off the bat of Atlanta Braves' Nick Markakis.
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Paul Goldschmidt casually picked up the ball and stepped on first to record the out, but we all know he was thinking "look what I found" to himself as he made the play.
In a slow moving series finale between the Braves and Cardinals, this could very well be the most entertaining thing we see all night.