Saturday night, USA and the Dominican Republic are playing a winner-take-all game at Petco Park. The winner will advance to the World Baseball Classic semi-finals while the loser goes home. Follow along with our live blog.
USA took a 4-2 lead into the seventh inning, and Manny Machado very nearly made it a 4-3 game with a solo home run to center field. His Orioles teammate Adam Jones had other ideas:
The Dominican Republic could have had 2 homers in the 7th, if it wasn't for hometown hero @SimplyAJ10! #UnitedWeGrind ðºð¸ pic.twitter.com/GAGffpEqgk
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) March 19, 2017
.@SimplyAJ10 is simply savage. #WBC2017 pic.twitter.com/o9bi16LYJt
— Cut4 (@Cut4) March 19, 2017
Goodness gracious, what a catch. Full extension. Even Machado had to tip his cap:
When you get robbed by your own teammate. #WBC2017 pic.twitter.com/y4ubYIQxPZ
— WBC Baseball (@WBCBaseball) March 19, 2017
And Tyler Clippardâs reaction to the play just about sums it up:
.@TylerClippard is all of us right now. #WBC2017 pic.twitter.com/JcvN1j9Nrq
— WBC Baseball (@WBCBaseball) March 19, 2017
That was a true home run robbery. Jones didnât have time to size it up or anything. He ran to the spot, jumped, and made the catch in one fell swoop. Hot damn.
