It looked to me that if he was going to make a play on it he might have to dive, and if it got by him that would have been two runs, instead of one. Would seem like an alright play after scoring four in the first. If that's the case then it's the right play. From the Dodgers video feed it looked like he broke late and pulled up early. In other words it looked like had he timed it better and hussled, he might have made a shoestring catch.