Austin Hays made a leaping, game-saving catch of Whit Merrifield’s liner in the ninth inning, and the AL-best Baltimore Orioles remained unbeaten at Toronto this season, outlasting the Blue Jays 4-2 on Monday night.
Orioles closer Félix Bautista walked two with one out in the ninth before Merrifield lined a 99 mph fastball to left-center. Left fielder Hays sprinted toward the gap, dove for the ball and grabbed it just before he hit the turf, a catch Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde called “unbelievable.”
“That was an enormous play in the game,” Hyde said.
A moment for Austin Hays.