Article by Darius Stanescu – published on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 15:51 / Updated Tuesday, June 10, 2025 15:56
Athletics's beginner player Denzel Clarke (24 years old), yesterday managed another spectacular grip in the match against Los Angeles Angels, concluded 7-4 in favor of “angels”.
Denzel Clarke yesterday managed to “catch the season”, as the MLB wrote.
Denzel Clarke managed to catch the season in MLB
Clarke jumped over the wall and managed to catch the ball surprisingly, taking the Home Run of his opponent, Nolan Schanuel from Los Angeles Angels.
It all happened at the phase in which Angels had an out. At the bottom of the land there was no one from Athletics in the first half when Schanuel hit the ball for 1-0 from Grant Holman to the left center of the land.
Clarke, Athletics's 24 -year -old, ran and skipped the wall to the surprise of his teammates, but also of the public present on the stadium.
Clarke supported his right foot in the middle of the wall, after he putting his right hand as support on the top of the wall. He raised above the wall a few meters and managed to catch the ball with his left hand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ev9mb8i414
Clarke was screaming with happiness, after the incredible success, and Holman, his teammate put his hands on his head, a sign that he could not believe the scene he just witnessed.
“I always say that the first phase of my first match on a new stadium will break the ice. A crazy phase to break the ice.
I calculated the right time. I found the distance between me and the wall and did what the ball told me to do. Simply jump and catch it.
I always hesitate to say that this was the best. But I think this is probably the best I have ever done. ”Clarke said after the match.
Denzel Clarke, the player of Athletics. Photo: Imago
“I play with Denzel for a few years, since the minor league. I saw him doing things on the field that you do not see with anyone else. Schanuel hit the ball, and I thought:” Well, with Denzel, he has the chance to catch anything. “
Then he caught her. I was never on the field and I didn't know what emotion to look. But I was amazed. … The guy does things that amazed us every day. ”, Declared the teammate of Denzel Clarke, Grant Holman.
Spectacular caps, Clarke's specialty
Clarke has made some extraordinary grips since he debuted on May 23. A week and a half ago, he stole Alejandro Kirk from Blue Jays a home run in his hometown, Toronto.
And on Friday, against Baltimore in Sacramento, he stole Jorge Mateo an extra-base blow with a left-handed grip, while running at the maximum speed to the left-win wall.
