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Benintendi: "That's Probably The Most Excited I've Been After A Catch"

Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic put together an oral history of Andrew Benintendi's game-saving, game-ending catch last night:

Astros manager A.J. Hinch: "I'm always checking out where the left fielder is. I see he kind of creeps inside the fence line where that corner is in left center. So when the ball was hit, two parts I was looking at was how Benintendi was closing and whether or not it was going to drop in ... But as he dives, we're all waiting in anticipation. ..."

[Red Sox manager Alex] Cora: "We've been attacking Alex to the edges of the strike zone and he's put some good swings on it.