

The Pittsburgh Pirates hosted the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night and while the season has been over for the Royals for months now, the Pirates are still fighting on a nightly basis in hopes of somehow squeezing into the postseason.

Early on in the game, Pirates first baseman Josh Bell smoked a hard hit ball to left field and nearly ended up getting thrown out at second base. However, thanks to an incredible heads up play and some fantastic base running, Bell managed to land a double instead of getting thrown out.



It looked like Bell was about to be thrown out at second, but at the very last second he pulled off a fantastic play to avoid the tag and made it into second base safe and sound.



The Pirates are going to need some help from the teams ahead of them in the standings if they want a taste of the postseason this year, but anything is possible.

(H/T Instagram/mlbcut4)