The Phillies' Brandon Marsh astonishingly made an accidental catch despite losing track of the baseball
You never know what you’re going to see in a given baseball game. And for every fan who attended Sunday’s game between the Phillies and Mariners, they witnessed perhaps the luckiest catch we’ll ever see.
And that’s not hyperbole. Brandon Marsh probably couldn’t have replicated the catch again if he tried.
With the Phillies up a run in the seventh inning, Jorge Polanco drove a 3-1 pitch deep to the center-field wall. All Marsh knew from his read off the bat was that the ball was heading towards the fence. But staring into the sun, Marsh clearly had no idea where the ball actually was. He tried to signal that he lost the ball, but as he was doing that, the ball landed in his glove.
I mean, how?!
This was UNREAL. Marshy had it all the way! pic.twitter.com/wANQos8I5m
— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) August 4, 2024
Marsh lost the ball — that was clear. And that flinch at the last moment seemed to be enough to secure the baseball in his glove. He was just as confused as fans were about how he made that catch. And it was a huge play with the Phillies trying to snap a six-game losing streak. The Phillies responded to that catch with a monster top of the eighth inning because of course — the baseball gods have spoken.
Fans also couldn’t believe Marsh made that catch.
This was how Twitter/X reacted
This has to be one of the craziest catches I’ve ever seen https://t.co/Epi7lQcRyo
— Mike Keating (@MKeats21) August 4, 2024
The #Phillies Brandon Marsh makes the catch! ( @Phillies ) pic.twitter.com/2Wsl1bV3rs
— Greg Taylor (@GRTaylor2) August 4, 2024
Literally that Brandon Marsh catch pic.twitter.com/m5VS4fmN4C
— Nick Piccone (@_piccone) August 4, 2024
when I was 8 I was playing outfield in a tee-ball game and had a catch that looked more or less exactly like this. granted it was probably like 15 feet off the infield dirt rather than at the wall of a MLB park but still most likely the best athletic achievement of my life https://t.co/8YzlguS11y
— Kurt (@Kurt_BSH) August 4, 2024
Former Angels in the Outfield
https://t.co/RJiAwEzkCD
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) August 4, 2024
This is the moment. We back.
https://t.co/Kpaq5aQYrx
— Kev
(@AyoKmo) August 4, 2024
Credit to Ruben for just going “DUH-WHAT??” as color commentary. Genuinely. I don’t think you can convey how insane this catch is. https://t.co/QLFtvNBXZO
— Mark Magowan (@_magowan) August 4, 2024
Yeah I've never even heard of this happening. Baseball: you always see stuff you've never seen before. https://t.co/TAaA3wX3LI
— bearsketball (@Realbearsketbal) August 4, 2024
https://t.co/ZHm8ABTM6e pic.twitter.com/2fYfL1WXDU
— C O U R T N E Y (@icourtneycries) August 4, 2024