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Mookie pulls back homer with remarkable grab

DETROIT -- Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts added to his season-long reel of highlights with a spectacular homer-robbing catch against the Tigers at Comerica Park on Saturday night.

Leonys Martin led off the bottom of the third with a deep drive to right, where Betts perfectly timed his leap at the wall to pull back what would've been Martin's 10th homer. Detroit led at the time, 2-0.

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Betts smiled and pointed to his biceps after making the grab.

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