Well, you have no idea where the ball will end up on the contact play. If the ball is hit into a double play situation they would either throw home or allow the run to score, which is why the contact play was put on there. It has it's drawbacks yes, but overall it is a good play to put on in that situation. Especially, with a hitter like Almonte at the plate. He is susceptible to the DP, so it makes sense to try to avoid that, or get lucky and get the run. It's unfortunate that it turned out the way it did, but it could've worked also. Just got unlucky on the play. You have to commit whether or not to take off from third before the ball is hit in that kind of situation, or you have no chance of scoring on any ground ball.