Whoever said that baseball — or maybe it was football? Whatever! — is a game of inches must have been predicting this play from the Houston Astros Game 4 ALCS win over the Texas Rangers.
With Marcus Semien on first, Corey Seager hit a ball right to Jose Abreu, who then tagged Semien for a possible double play. The Astros challenged … and the replay showed that Abreu’s glove nailed Semien on his batting glove. The catch? The glove was hanging out of his back pocket!
Seriously, that’s wild. You can see it move as Abreu’s glove grazes it. The GIF below is so cool:
Marcus Semien would’ve been safe if he didn’t have a batting glove in his back pocket pic.twitter.com/a3n7AmmKDd
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) October 20, 2023
Out by the batting glove 😳 pic.twitter.com/aoXiPZRbYF
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) October 20, 2023