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Albert Almora made a sweet catch in the top of the second inning of Tuesday’s NL Wild Card Game to rob the Colorado Rockies of extra bases. David Dahl was batting with one out in the second and sent a ball deep to center off Chicago Cubs …
Addison Russell made a spectacular play to rob Ryan Braun of a hit on Tuesday night. Braun was batting with one out in the top of the 9th inning with his Milwaukee Brewers trailing the Chicago Cubs 3-0. Braun hit a smash to shortstop, but Russell …
Kenley Jansen had yet another shaky outing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but he helped himself escape a jam with a spectacular play. Jansen entered Tuesday’s 8-4 win over the Texas Rangers with an 8-2 lead in the ninth. He allowed a single and …
Ramon Laureano is wasting little time in making himself known. The Oakland A’s rookie had a walk-off for his first career hit in a 1-0 win on Aug. 3. On Saturday night, he gave us one of the finest defensive plays of the season. Laureano …
Chicago White Sox center fielder Adam Engel made a great catch to rob Greg Bird of a home run during Monday night’s game against the New York Yankees. Bird was batting with runners on first and second and one out in the top of the fourth when …
Billy Hamilton made yet another gem in the field, and he saved a run in the process. Hamilton robbed Matt Carpenter of a home run for the last out in the bottom of the seventh inning of Friday’s game between the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis …
Arkansas first baseman Jared Gates went all-out on a diving catch in Tuesday’s Game 1 of the College World Series against Oregon State. The Beavers’ Zak Taylor was batting with one out in the bottom of the fifth and his team down 4-1. …
Randal Grichuk made what might be the catch of the year in MLB given the circumstances of his grab. Grichuk’s Toronto Blue Jays were up 6-3 on the Houston Astros Monday night, but their pitching was in trouble. The first two batters in the …
Albert Almora robbed a home run during Wednesday’s Chicago Cubs-Atlanta Braves game, and he made it look incredibly easy. Braves catcher Tyler Flowers led off the bottom of the second with a ball to deep center. Almora went running back at full …
Tyler Wade just about had his first career home run, but Carlos Gomez stood in the way. Gomez robbed Wade of a homer in the bottom of the sixth inning of Tuesday’s New York Yankees-Tampa Bay Rays game. He timed his jump perfectly to snag a ball …
Byron Buxton made his mark on Tuesday’s American League wild-card game with an incredible leaping catch to rob Todd Frazier of extra bases. During the bottom of the second inning, with the game tied 3-3, Frazier hit a fly ball to center field …
Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Keon Broxton deserves the save after making a remarkable catch to close out the Milwaukee Brewers’ 6-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday. With the Brewers clinging to a 6-5 lead with two outs in the …
Austin Jackson on Tuesday pulled off what may be one of the best home run-robbing catches at Fenway Park we’ve ever seen. During the bottom of the fifth inning of the Red Sox-Indians game, the Cleveland center fielder raced towards the Red Sox …
Kevin Pillar has done it again. The Toronto Blue Jays center fielder made a jaw-dropping catch on Monday night to rob Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez of a hit. Here’s a look at the spectacular play: .@KPILLAR4 specializes in the ridiculous. …
Andrew Benintendi made a spectacular catch on Monday to rob Steven Souza Jr. of what would have been a two-run home run. Souza Jr. smashed a ball off David Price in the eighth inning with a runner on in a 3-0 game. The blast would have made it a …
Kris Bryant came into Monday tied for second in the National League with 25 home runs. Early in the Cubs’ game against the White Sox, it looked as though he would have No. 26. Melky Cabrera had other ideas. In the top of the first inning, …
