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The star Cuban gardener Seattle Mariners, Randy Arozarenaachieved excellent fielding during the duel against San Francisco Giantsheld in T-Mobile Parkon the night of Saturday, August 24.
Randy Arozarena He lined up, as usual since he arrived in Seattle, in left field in the starting lineup. In the first inning, the Mexican-born Cuban nationalized headfirst dove to catch a hit from Matt Chapman and prevented an extra-base hit. Instead, San Francisco scored the first run of the game.
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George Kirby was the Mariners’ starter in the matchup. The right-hander allowed a hit by Tyler Fitzgerald starting the challenge and then filled the bases with rivals by hitting a pitch Heliot Ramos and free transit ticket to Michael Comfort.
Matt Chapman stepped into the batter’s box with the perfect backdrop to drive in runs. With one out on the board, Kirby put him on a one-ball, one-strike count. In that situation, the right-hander threw an 86.5 mph slider toward his catcher’s pet and the offensive man hit the ball without much force into left field.
The Seattle right-hander fooled Chapman and made him hit off-balance. After contact with the bat, the ball reached an initial speed of 76.7 mph, but traveled to an area far from Chapman’s defensive position. Randy Arozarena.
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Randy Arozarena got a defensive gem against San Francisco
For this reason, the native of Pinar del Río, Cuba, had to travel several meters at high speed to avoid a rally by Seattle. Just as the ball was about to make contact with the grass, Randy Arozarena He dove headfirst, stretched out his glove and made the fielding of the night.
Although he couldn’t prevent Matt Chapman from scoring an RBI on a sacrifice fly, he did rob him of a hit with more than one base and at least another run for the opponents. Then, the Seattle starter retired Mike Yastrzemski with a line to shortstop and the inning ended.
With the effort to catch the hit, Randy Arozarena He was hit near the abdomen and was on the grass for several seconds with obvious signs of pain.
Meanwhile, he recovered and also contributed a double in five visits to the offensive infield, with an RBI and a steal. Likewise, his offensive average for the 2024 Major League campaign was .211.
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