Athletics outfielder Josh Reddick appeared visibly irritated in the sixth inning Friday night after attempting to throw home in a sacrifice fly situation against the Diamondbacks. Later, after the D-backs had beaten the A's 6-4, he confirmed what had been eating him: Reddick was mad that teammate Mark Canha had cut off his throw toward home, killing any chance of getting Paul Goldschmidt at the plate and preventing the tying run from scoring.

Oh, Canha, duh. This angle, which makes Reddick's throw look off, might be deceiving. Note that the ball was closer to the line by the time it neared first base. It might have been right on line with catcher Stephen Vogt if given another 90 feet to travel. It also might have been too late to get Goldschmidt at the plate, regardless.

Reddick's point: Well, we'll never know for sure, will we?

Reddick was right that Canha was wrong to cut off the throw. Once in a blue moon, cutting off a throw home, followed up with a relay that has extra velocity from a shorter distance, will work out. It wasn't going to work there, even if Canha fields Reddick's throw cleanly. However, there's a bigger picture about which to worry: Sometimes (usually?), it's better to keep your emotions to yourself when criticizing a teammate. Reddick instead doubled down afterward:

Canha, a rookie who also logged 336 games of experience at first base in the minors, has to know better for the next time. But so does Reddick. Getting upset at Canha so that we (the public) can see and hear was a mistake on his part. His reaction belongs behind closed doors so that Canha can save face. Watching a ballplayer ridicule a teammate's poor decision reflects poorly on Reddick and the A's in general. It's been a frustrating season for the A's, and it's always a frustrating night when Sonny Gray pitches and your team loses.

Vogt, as he frequently does, took responsibility for other things that went wrong during the sixth inning of the A's loss.

Via MLB.com:

Vogt, who had just five passed balls to his name entering the game, committed two in the frame. The first allowed leadoff man Ender Inciarte to advance to second. Gray struck out A.J. Pollock and got Paul Goldschmidt on strikes, too, except Vogt couldn't handle the third one, a slider that slipped away from him for another passed ball, putting runners at the corners for David Peralta, who got the D-backs on the board with an RBI single.

"For me, that was unacceptable for two of those balls to get by me," Vogt said. "I'm used to Sonny's movement, and there's no excuse for missing two of his pitches, especially when he makes good pitches to get some of the best hitters in the league out. "We've talked all year how hard it is to give teams four and five outs, and he makes a great pitch to strike out the National League MVP in my opinion, and I can't catch the freaking ball to keep him off first. Obviously I'm very frustrated with myself."

That's a preferable reaction to dwelling on what someone else didn't do right.