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HOUSTON, Texas — Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez is demanding that Major League Baseball change its basepath rule after catcher Keibert Ruiz’s ninth-inning throw hit runner Jake Meyers, resulting in a throwing error that gave the Houston Astros a 5-4 win Wednesday night. Martinez printed out a photo of Meyers running on the grass inside the first-base line after hitting a …

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