The AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles are fresh off a series win over the New York Yankees.
On Monday, they got off to a spectacular start against the fellow division rival Toronto Blue Jays thanks to a game-saving catch by Austin Hays.
With two men on and one out in the bottom of the 9th inning of a 4-2 game, Blue Jays second baseman Whit Merrifield took the plate as the go-ahead run against Orioles closer Felix Bautista. Bautista offered up a 100 mph 0-2 fastball that Merrifield roped into left centerfield. Off the bat, it looked like a two-run game-tying two-run double.
Hays had other ideas. The Orioles left fielder chased down the ball and dove with his body parallel to the turf in an effort to make the catch. His effort was not in vain. Hays came up with the ball via a spectacular grab for the second out of the inning that sent Blue Jays baserunners Kevin Kiermaier and Alejandro Kirk scrambling back to their bases. Kiermaier barely made it back to first base, preventing what would have been a game-ending double play.
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