His head first diving slide proved to be unnecessary as Cesar Cedeno stole second base on Catcher Manny Sanguillen's wild throw. Giving it all he could was still not enough for Rennie Stennett to flag down the errant toss.
Looking at ball are Twin's Denny Thompson who scored, Athletics' catcher Gene Tenace and umpire Art Frantz after Tenace dropped ball during the second inning of Minnesota-Oakland game.