Boston Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. — a Portland Sea Dogs alumnus — gets some guff for his struggles as a hitter, but every so often he makes a play in the field that helps fans forget about his bat for a bit.
Wednesday night’s game included one of those plays. With the score tied in the bottom of the 11th inning, the Baltimore Orioles’ Trey Mancini smashed what could’ve easily been a walkoff home run over center field. But Bradley chased it down, heroically threw his top half over the 7-foot-tall wall and caught it.
Instead of a 2-1 Orioles win, Mancini took the out. The Red Sox came back in the 12th to get the victory on a dinger by Andrew Benintendi.
But check out Bradley’s catch that made it possible:
