Moles are blind. If he got out of the hole and got confused, he would have been easy to catch. I've caught them running in circles when they are out on pavement.
I try to save the animals that the cats try to play with. If they are too hurt, then I let them continue. I caught one of these guys a couple of weeks ago trying to dig a hole. My cat would let it get about 6 inches down, and then throw it up in the air and make it start over. I relocated it to the neighbors woods, under a bunch of thorn bushes. Hopefully it had enough time to get underground.
Well, I never was bitten by one as a child----their mouths are pretty tiny. Hubby was glad the cat got it because the moles have been making their hillocks in our front yard and it's a pain to go out and smash them down. He did get a mole trap from someone, but hasn't used it yet-----I refuse to remove the dead moles from it.