WBC 2017 World Baseball Classic Defensive Highlights

Get well out to right center field. Jones still on the move, running out of room and he makes the play! The local guy saves the day. Wow, that was awesome. Tyler Klipper just says, oh my god, thank you. Freeman with a shot and a great play off third. Shortstop side and you see his reaction time. That ball was hit on the barrel. Escobar bunting and it's a good one. Machado barehands, throw to first, he's in time to get him. Manny Machado's been doing that all tournament long. Manny Machado! No! I mean to tell you, you can just watch it all day and never get tired. Manny Machado is unreal. What a good pickup by Santana. Hit hard to the hole. Whoa! That's a reach and a catch. Correa. The way he was going to get that was to make the dive. Run prevention on display here. Down to third, fair ball to first base. Correa going. His second outstanding play. One going to his left, this one going to his right. He saves perhaps a couple of runs. Here's a hard shot. Caught by the third baseman. Correa with a lunge towards the third base foul line. What a play by Correa. Took another double away from Marinato. 1-0. Drilled to center field. Pompei looking for it. It's well over his head and it'll roll up against the wall. Jose Bautista being sent home. Here comes the throw. It's going to be close. And he's out. A perfect relay and Bautista is a dead duck at home as Carlos Santana moves his way to second base. And this is sent into right center field off the bat of Carlos Santana. Dalton Pompei lays out and shows off his excellent range to make the catch. The speedy center fielder putting on a show tonight for Team Canada. I've seen some smooth guys out there in the center field play the game. Bouncer up the middle. Backhanded there. And a gorgeous flip from Beresford to Harmon. Starts the double play. What a terrific double play. Balls up the middle. Nearly gets past him. He doesn't have time to transfer to his throwing hand. And Harmon is there to take the throw. I want you to watch Baez right before he gets the throw. Already congratulating Molina on the throw. Didn't ever even look at the tag. This guy is one of the best at tagging the would-be runners. Fielders in our sport. A flare out to right field. It's going to hang for Rosario. He'll make the catch. Tagging up is Gene Cipriani. Suey ready. Not running. Up the middle. Diving stop. And he's a wizard with the glove. Right between the pitcher's legs. Ball put up in the air by Segeden. We get a triangle. Nice catch made. Shortstop going out and just putting the glove out like, Hey, I am Francisco Lindo. Breaking ball. Fryman center field. Off his fist. Santos. Got it. Bubbles. Holds. And it's a catch. A run-saving catch from Raul Santos. And that's going to get a short scooped up. Arias' throw. And he got him. Oh, what a... Just came on to play at short. The youngster with a spectacular play to get the out. Jose Bautista throws out Bacardo at the plate. And sends this game to extra innings. It was an amazing catch. Amazing short hop. Great throw from Bautista coming from left field. Who hits a 1-0 pitch into right field. Runners at the corners with one away. Oh, yeah. Well, they've got Rosario scouted well. Anything for Granathan. And what does he do? He just nonchalantly looks and says, Okay, okay, okay. Gotcha. Jerickson Brokvar was too busy getting the dugout going. And he is out at first base. 2-2 to Jones. Shot into center field. That's going to chase Tito Polo. Who, wow, makes a series of unusual twists. Thanks to pure athleticism is able to finish with a catch. From the speedy Colombian center fielder. But Polo tracked it down. Ground ball up the middle. Fine play. One hop to first. And in time to record the out. Who greets him with a fly ball. Into shallow right. To that ball to make for a quick one pitch out. Mind a shallow left. Pagan is on to make the catch. Tagging up is Martinez. Pickens for Pagan. For the fake-headed hole. Shortstop. Won't hit hard enough for two. He comes home. The boy's foot caught Cruz's foot. But the foot that bounced up never got down to the plate. Polo's running. Throw to second is in time to get him. Segura had to get there a little late. A little miscommunication as to who was going to cover that throw. And the Dominicans get it done. A huge cost stealing here in the center. Hard hit ball. Nice stab by Scope. And he gets the out at second. Wow. Defense shows up for the Dutch. But they trail it. Three to one. And now he will test the gap in right center field. And with a fast track it will get all the way to the wall. Profar to second. He's not going to stop. On his way to third. The throw. Got him! Terrific relay by Israel. And Profar is cut down at third. We've talked about the fundamentals of Team Israel. With just hitting the relay man. And a good strong throw from Bergen. Zuraga to the gap in left center field. Valentin scores. Scope to the plate. The throw. He is in time to get him. This is one of the best relay throws you'll ever see. Trying to make pitches down and away. And a let go. This one is driven to right center field. It should come as no surprise that Sam Fold hauled something in. That's hit anywhere near him out in center field. There's just not a ball in the air that he doesn't think. That he can't catch. Here's a first pitch swing and a drive to center field. By DeCaster. All the way back to the wall. Jumping up to make the catches. Raymond Fuentes. Two down. Five time All-Stars had a great tournament. That one angling for the seeds. Reaching in to make the catches. Sho Nakata. Showing his wingspan as well. Is hit right back to Roark who snags it for round number one. Wow. Shot of espresso right there. And look who is out in shallow right field to haul in the baseball. And that is the Columbian shift. All you gotta do. All you can do is just smile in that situation. Everybody smile. Fists that one into foul territory. Prado over with room and makes the catch. Made the catch and takes the tumble but he records the out. Gets the throw back in because Gutera goes down to second base. They would be available later in this round. That ball is spanked to center field. Aoki. Oh he got it. But he makes a terrific read here. Broke immediately and has to reach high over his head to make a catch. There's a little dribbler. To his left. Gets to his feet quickly and throws out Sam Fuller. Oh one delivery and a ground ball that will go to second base. Tagged Escalso. Flip. Oh nice play. He was not gonna be able to get around to throw that the way he'd like to. So he made the underhanded assist. And he put it right on the money. Here is Cespedes. Up the middle. By Chen. Backhanded by Dew. And they got him at first. I would imagine Escobar is in that group. He goes again. A swing and a miss. Throw down by Castillo is in time. The tag adeptly applied by Jose Reyes. Lead over there. First runner not going. Pitched away. Hit away. Right field. Second and over. Plenty of time to get there. Runner halfway. And out. Oh what a throw. Second and doubles him up from right field. That's a bad miss running base cue right there because that was Inciarte who got halfway down to second base. That ball was gonna be caught. Toed the slab the day thereafter. They'll test Burcham. Long throw. Oh darn it. Castor off first. Chopped. Axelrod gets to it. Throws. Nice pick. What a play. Second. Oh Scottie Burcham. Burcham just, I don't know how he comes up with this. On the run with the runner bearing down on him. A scoop. And all in one motion throwing that over to first base. That was pretty. Two strikes to Murphy. Little flare out to shallow left. Ramos coming on hard. Lays out and makes another great grab. Well they may not have a ton of bats that they brought on this trip but they brought their defense. Francisco Cervelli trying to get an RBI. He's not gonna get it. Escobar to second base. And back in time is Descalso. Cicchini waiting on it. Drive towards the hole. Backhanded fine play Escobar. Throw. And he got him on a real good pick. There he goes. Hit hard. Great stop. Delgado crossed the diamond. Got him. Cuba has had two impressive defensive plays to end the last two innings. And both of them have been turned in by Jefferson Delgado. And this one keeps this game tied.