Recently I came across
優希から直取りすれば逆転トップだぞ!?
And I was surprised to see it written like that rather than
優希から直取れば逆転トップだぞ!?
Is this a general thing that can be done with any 連用形 form of a verb? If not, then which ones? And what nuance does this carry, when compared with any of the "normal"?