Yankees left fielder Cody Bellinger had a highlight-reel catch in the ninth inning of Friday’s home-opening win over the Miami Marlins.
With none out and a 1-1 count for left-hander Ryan Yarbrough against Xavier Edwards, who laced an 85 mph cutter over Bellinger’s shoulder and to the warning track.
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Leaping near the wall, Bellinger initially missed off the heel of his glove before swiping down and snagging the ball for the catch.
“Well, I definitely thought I had it from the jump,” Bellinger said. “I should’ve caught it the first time. I don’t even know. I think I squeezed the glove too early, and it just kind of dropped in front of me and I just got lucky. I definitely got lucky. I threw my glove out there.”
Upon making the play, Bellinger spun and raised his arms with a smile while Yarbrough applauded from the mound.
“I genuinely thought I caught it the first time,” Bellinger said. “I feel like I had a good beat on it the whole way, and I don’t know — I think I caught it off my wrist. I don’t really know exactly what happened there. So, I’m just glad I came down with it then and there.”
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Bellinger’s afternoon at Yankee Stadium included a 1-for-4 day offensively, hitting a ground-rule double to lead off the fifth inning before working an eighth-inning walk and subsequently scoring on Ben Rice‘s two-out double, polishing off the 8-2 final for New York (6-1) against Miami (5-2).
“We’ve been doing a great job,” Bellinger said. “We’re playing great baseball. We love each other in here. I think we have a pretty good idea, plan of who we are and what we want to do, and it’s a tough competitor on the mound — he’s got really good stuff. So, ultimately, we did a really good job of controlling the zone, doing some damage there — Ben Rice came through with a few big hits — and, overall, just a really good game.”
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