{"id":522120,"date":"2026-08-20T11:04:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=522120"},"modified":"2026-08-20T11:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:04:49","slug":"video-fernando-tatis-jr-takes-a-grand-slam-away-from-francisco-lindor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/video-fernando-tatis-jr-takes-a-grand-slam-away-from-francisco-lindor\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Fernando Tatis Jr. takes a grand slam away from Francisco Lindor!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fernando Tatis Jr. delivered a spectacular performance in the <strong>Padres\u2019 5-2 victory over the New York Mets at Citi Field<\/strong>, producing two home runs and one of the most remarkable home-run robberies of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tatis opened the game with a <strong>452-foot home run<\/strong>, according to Statcast projections, sending the ball into the second deck between left and center field. In the fifth inning, he added a two-run homer to right field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the defensive play between those two home runs stole the spotlight. Tatis raced toward the right-field wall, near the 330-foot sign, and <strong>leaped over the fence with his glove extended to rob what would have been a grand slam<\/strong>. His cap flew off during the jump, and after securing the ball, he raised it for the crowd at Citi Field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The moment carried special meaning for Tatis, who grew up around baseball while his father played for the Mets. As a 10-year-old, he said he used to practice robbing home runs by hitting balls against a wall outside his father\u2019s apartment and jumping over it to make catches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tatis called the play his <strong>No. 1 favorite<\/strong>, not necessarily because of the catch itself, but because of the situation. He said his pitcher was struggling and that taking a grand slam off the scoreboard <strong>\u201cchanges the game.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dominican outfielder, a <strong>two-time Platinum Glove winner<\/strong>, has built a reputation for spectacular defensive plays and has previously robbed numerous home runs, including four at Petco Park during a 27-game stretch last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DID HE CATCH IT?!<br><br>Fernando Tatis Jr. robs a grand slam from Francisco Lindor! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6m2O0Yrb2a\">pic.twitter.com\/6m2O0Yrb2a<\/a><\/p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLB\/status\/2089862043855679995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fernando Tatis Jr. delivered a spectacular performance in the Padres\u2019 5-2 victory over the New York Mets at Citi Field, producing two home runs and one of the most remarkable home-run robberies of his career. Tatis opened the game with a 452-foot home run, according to Statcast projections, sending the ball into the second deck [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":522123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481,6],"tags":[611,40813,13766,40230],"class_list":["post-522120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","category-sports","tag-deultimominuto","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bPi","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-08-20-110326.png","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Baseball","Sports"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-08-20-110326.png"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}