Overview

• In the fourth inning, Lee sprinted to his left on a Yandy Díaz drive, slid, watched the ball pop out of his glove, and then trapped it between his knees before scooping it back into his glove.
• San Francisco secured a 7-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays to end a seven-game skid and halt a stretch in which the team lost 15 of its previous 16 home games.
• The clip was shared by MLB’s official channels and lauded by commentators, with Duane Kuiper dubbing it the “catch of the decade.”
• Lee said he felt the ball sliding down his body and “squeezed it with my calves” to complete the out.
• Manager Bob Melvin said he initially feared Lee had been hurt when he stayed down on the slide and Tampa Bay’s Yandy Díaz admitted he was “200 percent sure” he would have had a double before witnessing the play.