A short, somewhat portly man playing baseball is stepping onto a base as the player from the other team at that base is appearing to catch the ball.
A baseball player makes it over the plate before the other team gets him out.
The first sentence does not indicate whether the man makes it over the plate.  The man could be safe, or he could be tagged out.
exists e1 e2 p1 s1 s2 s3 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7.(n_ball(x7) & -(x6 = x6) & n_team(x6) & n_player(x5) & exists e3 p2.(Topic(e3,p2) & Actor(e3,x5) & v_appear(e3) & exists e4.(Theme(e4,x7) & Actor(e4,x5) & v_catch(e4)) & from(x5,x6) & at(x6,x4)) & n_base(x4) & n_base(x4) & as(e2,p1) & onto(e2,x4) & Actor(e2,x1) & v_step(e2) & Theme(e1,x3) & Actor(e1,x2) & v_play(e1) & n_baseball(x3) & (x1 = x2) & n_man(x1) & a_portly(s3) & Theme(s3,x1) & r_somewhat(x1) & a_,(s2) & Theme(s2,x1) & a_short(s1) & Theme(s1,x1))
exists e1 p1 x1 x2 x3 x4.(-(x4 = x4) & n_team(x4) & n_plate(x3) & exists e2 s1.(a_out(s1) & Manner(e2,s1) & Theme(e2,x1) & Actor(e2,x4) & v_get(e2)) & n_male(x1) & before(e1,p1) & over(e1,x3) & Theme(e1,x2) & Actor(e1,x1) & v_make(e1) & n_thing(x2) & n_player(x1) & of(x1,x2) & n_baseball(x2))