Things had been Julian Aguiar Jersey going too well for Brett Baty. The Mets third baseman has and has flashed some solid leather at the hot corner, but things took a turn early in the teams game against the Cardinals in St. Louis on Monday night. Jos Fermn led off the bottom of the first inning by hitting a 1-2 pitch from Sean Manaea down the third base line. Brett Baty went tumbling into third base umpire Doug Eddings on Monday night. SNY Brett Baty went tumbling into third base umpire Doug Eddings on Monday night. SNY Baty chased the ball into foul territory as third base umpire Doug Eddings tried to backpedal out of the way. He wasnt able to do so in time as he and Batys feet got cro sed up, and both went tumbling to the gra s as the third baseman tried to leap and make a throw. Explore More Baty ended up landing on top of Eddings who may have taken a light elbow to the face. Thankfully, neither appeared injured, and both checked on each other. It would have been a tough play to throw out Fermin at first even if Baty had played the ball cleanly. There no way he was throwing out Fermin anyway, SNY play-by-play man Gary Cohen said. But Baty backing off on that ball and Eddings was right there and they both went flying. Oh boy, thats embarra sing analyst Keith Hernandez added. Doug is doing the moonwalk. The base runner didnt end up costing the Mets, as Manaea retired the next three batters. Brett Baty fields a ground ball at third against the Cardinals on Monday. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con After a lengthy slump, Baty has started to produce at the plate for the Mets again. Entering Monday, he was hitting .318 with a 991 OPS, two home runs and four RBIs over the past seven games. Luke Maile Jersey