The lighthearted moment in the eighth from Graterol was a bit of a reprieve from a game where the Dodgers had trailed right from the first inning.
Maybe Brusdar Graterol was just saying thank you to the ball for finding his glove after it was sharply hit back to him.
The Dodgers’ reliever appeared to kiss the ball before throwing it over to first base on Sunday after Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Nick Castellanos, who also homered in the game, sent a hard-hit shot back to him. Graterol dropped to his knees while trying to secure the ball, before pulling it out his glove and laying a smooch on it.The sequence of events gave Dodgers television broadcaster Joe Davis a little chuckle midway through his call of the play.Brusdar Graterol kisses the baseball before throwing it to first to get Phillies’ Nick Castellanos out.
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