With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning the Boston Red Sox were down 8-7 to the visiting Baltimore Orioles. Felix Bautista took the mound for the O’s, and Masataka Yoshida stepped into the batter’s box for the home squad. Yoshida, who finished 0-for-5 at the plate with one strikeout, made contact with the ball and sent a seemingly harmless pop fly to shallow left.
Baltimore left fielder Ryan McKenna settled underneath the ball, waiting to easily secure the victory for his squad and improve to 2-0 on the season. Ah, if it were only that simple. McKenna takes his eye off the ball for a moment, letting it glance off the heel of his glove and tumbling to the turf.
