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Kiermaier's stellar defense keeps Jays at bay

TORONTO -- Kevin Kiermaier is proving he's still one of baseball's best center fielders.

The 28-year-old outfielder made a pair of stellar catches to rob Blue Jays batters of hits Sunday afternoon at Rogers Centre.

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He closed out the third inning by snagging a line drive from Jonathan Davis just before it hit the turf. Kiermaier needed to go 37 feet in 3.1 seconds to snare the ball with a 47 percent catch probability, according to Statcast™.

Kiermaier's smooth sliding snag Kiermaier's smooth sliding snag

An inning later, Kiermaier made another outstanding catch running hard into the right-center field wall at Rogers Centre to rob Randal Grichuk of a base hit.