Fanduel Sports Network's John Sadak and Barry Larkin were critical of Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Yosver Zulueta's decision to throw to first base instead of home plate on a bunt by the Washington Nationals' Jacob Young with one out in the top of the 7th inning of Saturday night's game at Great American Ball Park.

Zulueta fielded the bunt and could have thrown home to get Dylan Crews attempting to score, Sadak and Larkin agreed. Instead, Zulueta threw to first, and Young had a sacrifice with Crews' run.

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"Runner breaks from third! No toss home - the throw to first!" Sadak said during the broadcast. "There was an easy window I think to get a tag on Crews at the plate, and Zulueta threw to first for the second out. It's a four-run deficit."

"I agree, I think Zulueta could've easily tossed this ball with his glove to Tyler Stephenson," Larkin said. "You know the game happens very quickly. It looked like he had no intent at all. See how he fields that ball. It didn't look like he had any thoughts at all of throwing that ball to the dish."

"And you can see Elly De La Cruz pointing to the plate," Sadak added. "He had tried to bunt the prior pitch! It's already in your head! That could be a huge run. … They get an out, but it's now 8-4."

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