Padres’ Jurickson Profar robs Mookie Betts of a house run, stuns Dodgers followers

Norman Ray

International Courant

San Diego Padres outfielder Jurickson Profar shocked Los Angeles Dodgers followers in Sport 2 of the Nationwide League Division Collection on Sunday night time.

Mookie Betts hit a protracted drive to left area off Padres beginning pitcher Yu Darvish. Profar tracked the ball to the brief fence within the nook of Dodger Stadium. Profar jumped and caught the ball within the face of a few half-dozen followers who have been reaching for the so-called dwelling run ball.

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San Diego Padres outfielder Jurickson Profar catches a ball hit by Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts within the first inning throughout Sport 2 of the NLDS at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 6, 2024. (Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn photographs)

Profar got here down with the ball, however didn’t instantly present it to the referees. As a substitute, he talked a little bit of trash to the followers he stole the ball from. One man even gave the Padres participant some props for making an unbelievable catch.

“That was one in every of my needs all alongside,” he instructed FOX Sports activities’ Ken Rosenthal in a mid-game interview, “I wish to rob a house run. And I did it in a playoff recreation. It was superior.”

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San Diego Padres’ Jurickson Profar takes batting observe for Sport 2 of the NLDS, Oct. 6, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photograph/Mark J. Terrill)

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San Diego was main 1-0 at that time within the recreation. Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a solo dwelling run off Jack Flaherty to begin the sport.

The Padres regarded to even the sequence after dropping Sport 1 to the Dodgers 7-5 on Saturday night time.

Fernando Tatis Jr. San Diego Padres, proper, celebrates his solo dwelling run with Jurickson Profar within the first inning throughout Sport 2 of the NLDS, Oct. 6, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photograph/Mark J. Terrill)

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Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run dwelling run within the first playoff recreation of his profession. He went 2-for-5 within the win. Profar went 0-for-3 in that recreation.

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