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Though he fell behind 0-and-2, he got a good pitch to hit, finding the barrel on an inside fastball for a 95 mph grounder.

In an effort to stay more on top of the ball at the plate this year, Muncy spent his offseason purposely trying to hit grounders and low line drives.

With two outs, Miguel Rojas booted a more routine grounder at second base, resulting in yet another error and unearned run.

“Now when I look out there and watch him take grounders and throw it across the diamond, I see a shortstop.”

Several times, Freeman grunted as he rolled soft grounders toward first base.