Red Sox outfielders combine for coolest home run robbery in MLB history

Kerry Carpenter crushed it. The Detroit Tigers’ slugger affectionately known as “Kerry Bonds” looked to have added another homer to his ledger.

The Boston Red Sox outfield, collectively, had a different idea.

In right field, Wilyer Abreu ran back toward the wall in Detroit. Mind you, this game was tied 5-5.

Anyway, there goes Abreu, ranging deep and deeper and deepest.

At the wall, the left-handed Abreu leaps with the glove on his right hand outstretched.

The soaring baseball hit Abreu’s pocket, but it didn’t stay in.

Instead, it came back into the field of play. Waiting there, having hustled all the way over to track the fly ball, was center fielder Cedanne Rafaela.

In the end, a simple reaction grab for Rafaela and an incredible home run robbery.

WATCHING THIS ON REPEAT ALL NIGHT 😍 pic.twitter.com/zjXOpxivxw

MORE: Diamondbacks manager loses his mind and ejects the umpires

Reliever Liam Hendriks reacted with as much excitement as anyone. He’d never seen a grab like this before.

Instead of a deficit, the game was still tied, and the Red Sox had a catch they’d be showing for a long time.

MORE MLB NEWS:

• Javier Baez is the best story of the 2025 MLB season
• Pete Rose announcement creates steroid question for Hall of Fame
• Athletics rookie is best AL hitter not named Judge
• Fernando Tatis Jr. delivers epic walk-off home run
• Rafael Devers controversy gets surprising reaction from Red Sox legend
• Tony Perez weighs in on Pete Rose's Hall of Fame candidacy