DETROIT -- Riley Greene, master of the diving catch, has a form when he knows he can get to a ball if he goes all-out and plays hero. Fittingly, he calls it the Superman dive, spreading his arms like he’s flying but diving down towards the ground to soften the impact on his body.

His attempt at Drake Baldwin’s RBI triple down the left-field line in the fifth inning was not that. He could see the line drive fading away from him, edging ever closer towards the left-field corner as he sprinted after it. When he realized he wouldn’t get to it in stride, he stretched out his glove arm and made a lunging attempt to get underneath the ball, sliding on his right leg as the ball fell just out of his reach and bounced past him.

It was a last-ditch act of desperation to try to stop the add-on run a

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