VIDEO: Morales pump fakes himself out of Game 3

Kansas City Royals reliever Franklin Morales overthought his way out of Game 3 of the World Series.

With one out and runners on the corners in the sixth inning, Morales induced a groundball back to the mound off the bat of New York Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson. The left-hander corralled the ball, looked to second, then home, then to third, and back to second before throwing the ball wide of the base.

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Morales was lifted in favor of Kelvin Herrera before the next batter, but the damage was far from done. A single, walk, and sac fly helped the Mets extend their lead to 9-3, with all four runs charged to Morales.

"It was a groundball right back to him," Royals manager Ned Yost said following the loss. "His instincts were right, he was going to turn around and fire to second. And again, I haven't talked to Salvy, but Franklin said he heard Salvy say "home." So he stopped and turned and it was a mess from that point."