{"id":689830,"date":"2026-05-04T05:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T05:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/689830\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T05:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T05:27:20","slug":"gary-cohen-breaks-out-sat-word-to-describe-carson-benges-mets-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/689830\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Cohen breaks out SAT word to describe Carson Benge&#8217;s Mets catch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Cohen broke out the dictionary to find a way to describe the incredible catch made by Carson Benge in the ninth inning of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/03\/sports\/mark-vientos-homers-twice-versus-angels-to-give-mets-rare-series-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday\u2019s Mets\u2019 5-1 win over the Angels.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The SNY broadcaster called the diving catch a \u201cpulchritudinous play\u201d on air as broadcast partner Todd Zeile looked as astonished by the play as he was by Cohen\u2019s choice of words to describe it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to say it was pulchritudinous, but I\u2019m going to take your word for it,\u201d Zeile said, \u201cThat was an amazing play.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For those that don\u2019t know, pulchritudinous is an adjective that means physically beautiful or attractive, per Dictionary.com.<\/p>\n<p>The play by Benge would certainly fit the bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carson Benge makes a catch during the Mets\u2019 May 2 win. Screengrab via X\/@SNYtv<\/p>\n<p>With Angels second baseman Vaughn Grissom up in the ninth, he hit a ball that looked destined to fall in right field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Benge was able to hustle over and reach out and grab the ball as he was diving to make the impressive out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was the second out of the inning and third baseman Oswald Peraza struck out to end the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carson Benge reacts after making a catch during the Mets\u2019 May 4 win. Screengrab via X\/@SNYtv<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was kind of surprised to tell you the least,\u201d Benge told reporters after the game about the catch. \u201cIf I see a ball that I think I can get to, I\u2019m going to go after it \u2014 I\u2019m just glad that I was able to come down with that one there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gary Cohen is pictured during a June 2023 press conference. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Mets skipper Carlos Mendoza told reporters that if Benge wasn\u2019t able to make the play then \u201cthat\u2019s a completely different inning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Mets won two of the three games they played against the Angels this weekend, also defeating Los Angeles 4-3 on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets will play six more games on the road, playing a three-game series against the Rockies beginning on Monday and then a weekend series against the Diamondbacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gary Cohen broke out the dictionary to find a way to describe the incredible catch made by Carson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,3358,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,4798,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-689830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-gary-cohen","10":"tag-mets","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-mets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkmets","16":"tag-sny","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116514655025337140","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}