Tampa Bay Rays prospect hits home run thanks to baseball getting stuck in outfield grass
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Digital Subscription
One year of digital access for only $205*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*First annual payment billed as $205.00 + GST for one year. This annual subscription will automatically renew at $233.00 + GST every 52 weeks (10% off the regular annual price of $259.35). Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Your next Brandon Sun subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $17.95 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $24.95 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Austin Overn hit a home run that rolled into the outfield grass — and needed to be dug out of the turf.
The Montgomery Biscuits outfielder, who plays for the Tampa Bay Rays’ Double-A affiliate, sent a pitch down the right field line in the seventh inning of an 11-3 loss to the Biloxi Shuckers on Wednesday night. Right fielder Damon Keith chased after the ball, went into an awkward slide to keep it from rolling to the wall and his body pushed it into the grass of Montgomery’s Riverwalk Stadium.
Keith, who was injured on the play but stayed in the game, fell to the ground and could not pull the embedded ball out of the grass while Overn scored with ease for his second homer of the game.
After Overn scored, an umpire and representatives from both teams went to right field to examine the ball. Biloxi first baseman Blake Burke was finally able to successfully pull the mud-covered ball out of the grass, putting an end to a wacky sequence in a minor league game.
___
AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb