SEATTLE — A reporter asked Brandon Barnes on Sunday evening how his in left field foul territory, followed by a doubling up of Ketel Marte at first base, ranked among his best catches.
He didn’t have an answer. It’s too tough to chose.
There’s (a ) and and there’s . And .
Brandon Barnes. (Christian Petersen, Getty Images)
“I’m going to do everything I can for our pitchers,” Barnes said. “Making sure we keep the lead, is what I like to do.”
Sunday’s catch — which topped the day before in right field — . Barnes in the eighth inning chased down Kyle Seager’s hit and dove into the dirt, slamming his head to the ground. He said he was “dizzy” slinging the ball back to Cristhian Adames. He had his ribs wrapped after the game.
“That’s the game right there. But we’ve seen him do it. He sacrifices his body out there in the outfield,” Colorado manager Walt Weiss said. “It was bang-bang… It was a hell of a play on both ends.”
Barnes said he shaded toward the line because he knows reliever Jairo Diaz throws hard enough to make swings late.
“I saw it kind of slicing off Seager’s bat. I wanted to give it everything I had,” Barnes said. “It was borderline if it’d be fair or foul. I stayed with it. When you get close to diving head first at the wall, it’s never safe. But I knew I had a couple more steps, so I went for it.”
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