Watch: Red Sox outfielders team up for unbelievable home-run robbery
Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu both helped prevent a Tigers home run in the seventh inning.
Red Sox outfielders Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu teamed up for one of the more unbelievable catches in recent memory on Wednesday night.
With Boston locked in a 5-5 deadlock with the Tigers in the bottom of the seventh inning, Detroit DH Kerry Carpenter took a fastball from Liam Hendriks and drove it out to right field.
Abreu attempted to time up the catch at the warning track, jumping up in an attempt to snag the ball before it dropped over the fence. Abreu’s outstretched arm managed to prevent a home run by Carpenter — but the ball tipped off his glove and deflected back toward the field.
But in a bizarre sequence, Rafaela was at the right place at the right time to corral the ricochet before it dropped on the field for the rare 9-8 play.
You can watch the play below:
The play was reviewed, but the call on the field stood — with Abreu and Rafaela successfully completing the tip drill.
It was an impressive display of teamwork, with Rafaela bailing out the reigning Gold Glove Award winner in right field in Abreu.
Despite Rafaela’s heroics, the web gem did not reverse Boston’s fortunes on Wednesday night at Comerica Park — as Detroit eventually walked off the Red Sox, 6-5, to complete the three-game sweep.
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