You by no means know what you’re going to see in a given baseball sport. And for each fan who attended Sunday’s sport between the Phillies and Mariners, they witnessed maybe the luckiest catch we’ll ever see.
And that’s not hyperbole. Brandon Marsh in all probability couldn’t have replicated the catch once more if he tried.
With the Phillies up a run within the seventh inning, Jorge Polanco drove a 3-1 pitch deep to the center-field wall. All Marsh knew from his learn off the bat was that the ball was heading in direction of the fence. However staring into the solar, Marsh clearly had no thought the place the ball really was. He tried to sign that he misplaced the ball, however as he was doing that, the ball landed in his glove.
I imply, how?!
This was UNREAL. Marshy had all of it the way in which! pic.twitter.com/wANQos8I5m
— NBC Sports activities Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) August 4, 2024
Marsh misplaced the ball — that was clear. And that flinch on the final second gave the impression to be sufficient to safe the baseball in his glove. He was simply as confused as followers had been about how he made that catch. And it was an enormous play with the Phillies making an attempt to snap a six-game shedding streak. The Phillies responded to that catch with a monster high of the eighth inning due to course — the baseball gods have spoken.
Followers additionally couldn’t imagine Marsh made that catch.
This was how Twitter/X reacted
This needs to be one of many craziest catches I’ve ever seen https://t.co/Epi7lQcRyo
— Mike Keating (@MKeats21) August 4, 2024
The #Phillies Brandon Marsh makes the catch! ( @Phillies ) pic.twitter.com/2Wsl1bV3rs
— Greg Taylor (@GRTaylor2) August 4, 2024
Actually that Brandon Marsh catch pic.twitter.com/m5VS4fmN4C
— Nick Piccone (@_piccone) August 4, 2024
once I was 8 I used to be enjoying outfield in a tee-ball sport and had a catch that seemed roughly precisely like this. granted it was in all probability like 15 toes off the infield filth relatively than on the wall of a MLB park however nonetheless almost definitely the very best athletic achievement of my life https://t.co/8YzlguS11y
— Kurt (@Kurt_BSH) August 4, 2024
Former Angels within the Outfield 🙈 https://t.co/RJiAwEzkCD
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) August 4, 2024
That is the second. We again. 😭😭🙏 https://t.co/Kpaq5aQYrx
— Kev 🦅🦅 (@AyoKmo) August 4, 2024
Credit score to Ruben for simply going “DUH-WHAT??” as shade commentary. Genuinely. I don’t assume you possibly can convey how insane this catch is. https://t.co/QLFtvNBXZO
— Mark Magowan (@_magowan) August 4, 2024
Yeah I’ve by no means even heard of this taking place. Baseball: you at all times see stuff you’ve got by no means seen earlier than. https://t.co/TAaA3wX3LI
— bearsketball (@Realbearsketbal) August 4, 2024
https://t.co/ZHm8ABTM6e pic.twitter.com/2fYfL1WXDU
— C O U R T N E Y (@icourtneycries) August 4, 2024
