Terdoslavich's explanation for costly base-running gaffe in Braves loss

Joey Terdoslavich has come up big for the Atlanta Braves a few times this season, but on Wednesday night, he made an error on the base paths at an important juncture of the game that had costly ramifications for the Braves.

With the Braves trailing the Washington Nationals, 1-0, and no outs in the top of the ninth, Terdoslavich was intentionally walked to load the bases.

The next batter up for the Braves, Kris Johnson hit a deep sacrifice fly to center that scored a run.

Perceiving an opportunity to get himself in scoring position and increase the Braves odds of adding an insurance run heading into the bottom of the ninth, Terdoslavich tagged up from first base and was hosed at second base.

Instead of having one out with runners on the corners and the score tied, 1-1, the Braves had two outs with a runner on third.

Andrelton Simmons grounded out to second on the ensuing at-bat to end the inning, and the Braves then lost on a walk-off hit in the bottom of the 11th.

"It wasn't the right play," Terdoslavich admitted after the game. "The winning run is on third and my run doesn't mean anything. I tried to be aggressive. He made a great throw, but I shouldn't have went."

"I thought [Span] was flat-footed and deep in the gap," he explained of his thought process. "I've got to be 100 percent there and obviously I wasn't 100 percent. That can't happen. I felt like my aggressiveness got us in a spot there. …You've got the go-ahead run there and now instead of having to get two outs, they only need to get one."

Manager Fredi Gonzalez wasn't excessively bothered by the play despite its importance in a close game.

"It's an aggressive play," Gonzalez said. "If you make it, great, and if you don't make it, then you have to answer the questions at the end of the night. You've got to make a great throw from 180 feet away. So, I'm not overly mad on that one. It's an aggressive baseball play and Span made a helluva throw."

(h/t MLB.com)