{"id":44648,"date":"2025-07-07T00:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T00:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/44648\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T00:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T00:20:10","slug":"cody-bellingers-incredible-catch-throw-the-play-of-the-game-as-yankees-win-subway-series-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/44648\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Bellinger\u2019s incredible catch, throw the \u2018play of the game\u2019 as Yankees win Subway Series finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sny.tv\/teams\/yankees\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yankees;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Yankees<\/a> have been looking for that big play during this tough stretch.<\/p>\n<p>Hoping to snap their season-high six-game losing streak on Sunday afternoon, they were able to open an early advantage over the short-handed, makeshift <a href=\"https:\/\/sny.tv\/teams\/mets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mets<\/a> pitching staff in the Subway Series finale at Citi Field.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Mets refused to go away, though, and suddenly had recaptured the momentum.<\/p>\n<p>They were able to scratch across runs in back-to-back frames against <strong>Max Fried<\/strong> and <strong>Jonathan Loaisiga<\/strong> to cut the deficit to two runs, then <strong>Francisco Lindor<\/strong> led off the bottom of the seventh with a walk.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, the red-hot <strong>Juan Soto<\/strong> stepped to the plate representing the tying run.<\/p>\n<p>The star outfielder worked the count before lacing a 105 mph liner into shallow left, which looked like a clean knock off the bat; however, <strong>Cody Bellinger<\/strong> came racing in and made an incredible shoestring catch to rob him.<\/p>\n<p>Bellinger then came up throwing and unleashed a perfect strike to first, doubling off Lindor.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Mets challenged the play, but the replay confirmed the call on the field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a hard-hit ball, so it\u2019s just trying to get the best read possible,\u201d Bellinger said. \u201cI saw it in the air and had a really good beat on it, so I was just glad I was able to make the play, and when I looked up, I saw Goldy with his glove high, so I was trying to make a good throw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees\u2019 bullpen was able to hold on from there, as <strong>Tim Hill<\/strong> and <strong>Devin Williams<\/strong> kept the Mets off the board over the last two frames to finally end the skid. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Carlos Mendoza<\/strong> called it the &#8220;play of the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aaron Boone<\/strong> one-upped him and called it the Yanks&#8217; &#8220;play of the year, so far.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s one of those it&#8217;s like that in-betweener, do you leave your feet, your best way is to go try and shoestring catch it there,&#8221; Boone added. &#8220;He&#8217;s able to get underneath it, but just that Cody Bellinger presence of mind thing that he has, we&#8217;ve seen it all year with him defensively, just a really special play.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Yankees have been looking for that big play during this tough stretch. 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