Jacob Stallings on Wednesday hit his first home run of the season, and he got a boost from his opponents.
Stallings was batting in the bottom of the fourth with his Pittsburgh Pirates trailing 6-2 to the Kansas City Royals. He sent a Mike Minor pitch to left-center that was close to going over the fence. Royals center fielder Michael Taylor leaped to make the catch, but he ended up carrying the ball over the wall.
“Does he carry this over the fence?”
“He carried it over the wall!!”
The Pirates get gifted a HR
— The Baseball Newsletter (@bbletter) April 29, 2021
Here’s what the ball looked like in real-time:
Jacob Stallings – Pittsburgh Pirates (1) pic.twitter.com/9UcpSycba5
— MLB HR Videos (@MLBHRVideos) April 29, 2021
You could hardly tell what happened in real-time, but that slow-motion shows what Taylor did.
The Royals still won 9-6 and have the best record in MLB currently. Who saw that coming?
