That's just Puig being Puig

Yasiel Puig's RBI triple in last night's NLCS Game 3 against the St. Louis Cardinals could have been a two-run homer if he hadn't thought it was already a home run when he hit it.

In case you've been living under a rock, the Los Angeles Dodgers' wunderkind thought his fourth inning blast to right field was going to clear the Dodgers Stadium fence, so he stood at home plate with his arms raised and his bat flipped to the ground.

Only one problem with that. In baseball, you NEVER ASSUME ANYTHING!

In Puig's case, he assumed he had hit a two-run blast. Instead, it merely bounced off the wall.

To Puig's credit, he got up to speed quickly once he realized he hadn't hit it out and wound up with a stand-up triple. However, if he had simply taken off from the moment the ball left his bat, he could have turned that into an inside-the-park homer with his speed (especially since Cardinals' right fielder Carlos Beltran loafed after the ball at first).

Fortunately for Puig, his grandstanding didn't lead to a rally-killing out, and the hit helped the Dodgers beat St. Louis 3-0 to cut the Cardinals' lead in the NLCS to 2-1.