In the second inning of Saturday night’s Yankees-Red Sox game at Fenway, Oswaldo Cabrera hit a fly ball to right that sparked total chaos. Red Sox outfielder Wilyer Abreu tracked it to the short wall, jumped, got his glove on it…and then lost it. At first it looked like he made the catch. He even looked into his glove, confused, only to find it empty. The ump signaled home run. Cabrera trotted around the bases as fans and players tried to figure out what had just happened.
The ball had landed in the stands, and the whole moment was a wild mix of close plays, fan reactions, and accidental contact. A fan with a glove ended up nabbing the ball, but not without several hits and spins. One kid tried to help by sticking out his hat, another fan accidentally kicked someone, and a glove smashed into someone else’s stomach. Meanwhile, a bullpen security guard thought about jumping the fence but wisely chose to run around the gate instead. The fielders, crowd, and even Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who were in the commentary booth, all looked stunned.
The moment had everything: a near highlight-reel catch, a fluky bounce, dramatic crowd reactions, and just plain weirdness. Abreu gave max effort, but the ball slipped away at the last second. Yankee fans got a surprise homer, Red Sox fans got a laugh, and everyone got a reminder that Fenway’s short right-field wall has a mind of its own.