{"id":92566,"date":"2025-06-10T04:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/92566\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T04:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:50:09","slug":"oh-my-god-denzel-clarke-robs-angels-nolan-schanuel-of-home-run-in-spider-man-like-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/92566\/","title":{"rendered":"‘OH MY GOD!’: Denzel Clarke Robs Angels’ Nolan Schanuel Of Home Run In Spider-Man-Like Move"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denzel Clarke, a rookie outfielder for the MLB<\/a>\u2019s Athletics<\/a>, made what some baseball<\/a> fans are calling one of the best catches they\u2019ve ever seen Monday after he scaled the outfield wall to rob a home run against the Los Angeles Angels<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Clarke pulled off the Spider-Man-like move after Angels first baseman Nolan Schanuel smacked the ball high and deep toward left-center field in what would\u2019ve been a homer to give L.A. a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.<\/p>\n

But Clarke jumped up at the warning track, used his foot to boost his body over the outfield wall and miraculously caught the ball before dropping back down to the field.<\/p>\n

Clarke swiftly celebrated the unreal grab as Athletics\u2019 pitcher Grant Holman \u2014 and Schanuel \u2014 appeared stunned.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, my God! Oh, my God!\u201d said Dallas Braden, one of the Athletics TV broadcasters, of the play.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve heard the list, I\u2019ve seen the list of the greatest catches you\u2019re ever going to see in your life and if you don\u2019t have room for this one on your list, we\u2019re watching two different sports.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clarke has recently made a number of jaw-dropping, acrobatic defensive plays in the outfield since his debut on May 23.<\/p>\n

On May 30, he climbed the outfield wall like a ladder<\/a> to rob Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk of a home run.<\/p>\n

In a game against the Baltimore Orioles on Friday, he snagged Jorge Mateo\u2019s deep hit at the warning track just before running into the outfield wall<\/a> and retaining control of the ball in his glove to record the final out of the inning.<\/p>\n

As a result, he won back-to-back MLB Electric Play of the Week awards.<\/p>\n

This makes him just the second player to pull off such a feat (the Detroit Tigers\u2019 Riley Greene pulled this off in 2022) since the league began to give out the award in 2019, per the Athletics<\/a>, and his play on Monday makes him a leading candidate to win it again.<\/p>\n

Baseball fans on X, formerly Twitter, were astonished by the play.<\/p>\n

Denzel Clarke might’ve made one of the greatest home run robberies I’ve ever seen. Jumping up the wall in centerfield, Clarke had the top half of his body leaning over the fence. Probably could’ve sat on top of the wall if he wanted to. @SportingTrib<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/zseyW5jUpO<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Thomas Murray (@Thomas_L_Murray) June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Drop whatever you’re doing, folks<\/p>\n

Seriously: behold this mind-bending catch by Denzel Clarke, a downright premeditated robbery, hauling in a no-doubt homer from the far side of the fence and converting it into an out<\/p>\n

We Stan This Man pic.twitter.com\/QqXx9qwKF7<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Not Gaetti (@notgaetti) June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

I mean I know the money\u2019s great and the prestige of being a major league baseball player is unmatched – but if I\u2019m Denzel Clarke I walk off the field and never return again. What a gdamn grab!pic.twitter.com\/34bpSOBeWU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cousin Sal (@TheCousinSal) June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

The MLB needs Denzel Clarke to hang around. He\u2019s unreal. Not a single other sport can produce a highlight like this https:\/\/t.co\/KIqG6LBAj1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 backto2019SZN (@RuFan130) June 10, 2025<\/a>