Perdomo Slides Onto Infield Grass to Avoid Orioles Tag - Did Arizona Runner Go Out of the Base Path?

As Diamondbacks baserunner R1 Geraldo Perdomo veered onto the infield grass to avoid Orioles SS Gunnar Henderson's tag attempt and 2B Umpire Tom Hanahan signaled "safe", Baltimore argued for an out of the base path call. Let's review Official Baseball Rule 5.09(b)(1). Article: https://www.closecallsports.com/2023/...

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O's pitcher Jack Flaherty's 0-1 pitch to D-backs batter Corbin Carroll in the 5th inning in Arizona was hit on the ground near second base, where shortstop Henderson came over to field the batted ball as runner Perdomo slid on the grass to avoid the tag.

Although Brandon Hyde challenged the play for the physical tag issue (the call of safe at second stood and the call at first of safe was confirmed), out of the base path is not a reviewable call.

So we'll review it anyway.

OBR 5.09(b)(1) talks about running more than three feet away from the runner's base path to avoid being tagged while we point out that in this particular play, the runner's base path coincidentally happened to coincide with the baseline between first and second base (which doesn't always happen).

So...was Perdomo out of the base path?