Did he catch it? It’s a question typically reserved for watching NFL games, where nobody seems to know how to classify what a catch is. In Major League Baseball, the definition is more clear cut, although that wasn’t the case for the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of the ALCS.
With two on and two out in the top of the third, Steve Pearce put a charge into a hanging slider from Houston Astros starter Dallas Keuchel. The ball seemed destined to collide with the left field wall which certainly would have driven in at least one run to extend Boston’s early lead.