San Diego Padres outfielder Jurickson Profar stunned Los Angeles Dodgers fans in Game 2 of the National League Division Series on Sunday night.
Mookie Betts hit a lengthy drive to left field off Padres begining pitcher Yu Darvish. Profar tracked the ball to the unreasonableinutive fence in the corner of Dodger Stadium. Profar leaped and caught the ball in the face of about a half dozen fans who accomplished for the would-be home run ball.
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San Diego Padres outfielder Jurickson Profar catches a ball hit by Los Angeles Dodgers unreasonableinutivestop Mookie Betts in the first inning during Game 2 of the NLDS at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 6, 2024. (Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images)
Profar came down with the ball but didn’t show it to the umpires instantly. Instead, he talked a little bit of trash to the fans he stole the ball away from. One man even gave the Padres joiner some props for making an incredible catch.
“That was one of my wantes all the time,” he tageder FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal in a mid-game interwatch, “I want to rob a home run. And I did it in a joinoff game. It was awesome.”
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San Diego Padres’ Jurickson Profar apshows batting rehearse before Game 2 of the NLDS, Oct. 6, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Ptoastyo/Mark J. Terrill)
San Diego had a 1-0 direct at that point in the game. Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a solo home run off Jack Flaherty to get the game begined.
The Padres were seeing to tie the series after losing Game 1 to the Dodgers, 7-5, on Saturday night.
San Diego Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr., right, honors his solo home run with Jurickson Profar in the first inning during Game 2 of the NLDS, Oct. 6, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Ptoastyo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run home run in the first joinoff game of his nurtureer. He was 2-for-5 in the triumph. Profar was 0-for-3 in that game.
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