Out by a mile? May as well hug it out, like Freeman and Marte

Sometimes, you just know you’re out.

That happened to first baseman Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium.

With one out in the bottom of the second inning against the D-backs, Freeman was on first base after singling to right-center field. The next batter, Teoscar Hernández, lined out to shortstop. Then Santiago Espinal hit a ground ball to second.

With two outs and the ball in second baseman Ketel Marte’s glove, Freeman was as good as out already. So, he made the best of a bad situation.

Freeman stopped halfway between first and second, causing Marte to put both hands out toward Freeman.

So Freeman jogged on over to Marte and the two hugged before going their separate ways to each dugout.

“Well, I stopped, and I was like, ‘Is there any way around this?’" Freeman said. "If I go out of the baseline, I'm out. If I run back, he’ll just run to second. He gave me a little, ‘Come here.’ I said, 'Alright, let's just do it.'

“I'm very much a hugger, I think you guys all know that. Emotional man over here."

Freeman has been known to be part of some unusual and fun moments on the infield -- remember that time he was being chased on the base paths by former Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo? You know, when Rizzo yelled, “Frederick!” before Freeman was tagged out?

These moments of levity are part of what makes baseball great. Kudos to Marte for prompting a fun one on Saturday at Chavez Ravine.