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Miguel Rojas, tapped to play third base Saturday in place of the recently injured Max Muncy, made matters worse by misfiring on a tough throw to first on a soft ground ball from Smith with one out, allowing a run to score.

Would probably benefit from soft ground.

Throwing in expectations related to titles and other formalities that are part of James’ job is enough to turn John into a frightened ostrich desperate to find a soft ground to bury his head in.

With two outs, Betts hit a soft ground ball up the first base line.

And then he ended the inning, using a 1-1 slider to get in on Jeremy Pena’s hands for a soft ground out to third base.