Gavin Lux thought he had done it.
With two outs in the ninth inning and the San Francisco Giants up 1-0 on the Los Angeles Dodgers, the infielder got ALMOST all of a Camilo Doval pitch and drove it to center field. Lux raised his hand thinking it was gone.
But the wind was unkind on Monday night. The ball was caught for the third and final out, and the Giants now have a 2-1 NLDS lead.
And the face Lux made implied how in disbelief he was. Given the stats on how hard he hit that ball — you’ll see below — you’ll understand why?
Here’s the face and the reaction (with lots of memes) from MLB fans: