Strange, and unexpected. Lucky/Unlucky.
Most baseball batters are right handed (therefore swing the bat from right to left) and hit a ball out into left field.
The batter
immediately drops the bat and runs to the right to get to first base.
It is quite difficult for a good left field ball to hit the ground in far left field, get picked up, and thrown, accurately across the entire field to the
first baseman, before the batter can get to first base. If this does happen, its an
incredible throw, from way out in left field. Totally unexpected.