With a the count at 3 balls and 2 strikes in the second inning of the Kansas City Royals 6-2 win over the Cardinals, Wainwright threw what appeared to be an 84 mph change-up as a bird flew across home plate. The ball both narrowly missed the bird as well as Cuthbert’s swinging bat. It looked like the sort of thing you saw in a cartoon as a kid, or some of the more ridiculous CGI from an action movie.
You can see the play by clicking the below video from MLB.com:
The amazing thing to me is that Cuthbert somehow managed to make contact with the ball despite the distraction.