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White Sox center fielder Adam Engel makes it 3 home-run robberies in a week

Can you have a hat trick in baseball?

Adam Engel made his third highlight-reel, home-run-robbing grab at the center-field wall in a week during the White Sox’s 9-7 loss to the Indians on Sunday.

In the eighth inning, Yonder Alonso sent Thyago Vieira’s fastball on its way into the seats when Engel raced toward the warning track, stutter-stepped as he sized up the trajectory and made a leaping catch, reaching sideways and backward.

He explained after the game: “Early you find the wall and have a good idea where the wall is, and then once you elevate, you try to watch it into the glove.