ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kris Bryant watched the replay multiple times and kept enjoying it. He wasn’t watching his first two RBIs in a Colorado Rockies uniform, but rather the tremendous catch by center fielder Randal Grichuk that took a three-run homer away from new Texas shortstop Corey Seager.
“Well, I thought off the bat that was gone. He hit it and it went right by the exit velo and launch angle thing (on the scoreboard). I saw the numbers and I was like oh, that was hit,” Bryant said. “One of the better catches I’ve seen. Just an unbelievable, game-saving catch.”
Grichuk’s leaping catch with his left arm extended above the six-foot wall ended the Rangers fifth inning, after Bryant had a go-ahead RBI double in the third inning and before he added a sacrifice fly in the seventh, as the Rockies won 4-1 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory.
“That play that Grichuk made obvioulsy changed the whole game. … That’s a three-run homer that would have given us the lead,” said Texas manager Chris Woodward, whose team is 1-4.
Colorado led 3-1 when Seager, who got a $325 million, 10-year contract from Texas, hit the towering 406-foot drive toward the Rangers bullpen in right-center that was caught by Grichuk, who like Bryant is in his first season with the Rockies
“I knew he got it well, and knew I was going to have a chance. Luckily he hit it high enough, that gave me time to get under it,” Grichuk said. “I didn’t really quite know where the wall was at, but I knew it was approaching. It was just one that I knew that I had to jump at that time, and brace for the wall at the same time, and luckily I came down with it.”
Rockies manager Bud Black, who got his 1,002nd managerial victory, said the dugout went crazy. Grichuk emphatically pumped his right fist, and…
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