"Okay. You get the box and I'll grab those." She doesn't want to go near the immolated person. However, Kate knows that she's going to have to suck it up and deal with it. ADI wants the baseball and it is safer in their hands than anyone else's.

Kate walks over and picks two pieces of the broken lumber. In theory, she should be able to pretend that the two-by-fours are giant chopsticks which she can use to safely handle the baseball.