How to punctuate a great grab? Flip over the wall!

Momentum is normally solely nearly as good as tomorrow’s beginning pitcher, however for the D-backs on Tuesday, the beginning proper fielder took care of that.

Representing the tying run, San Diego’s Austin Nola lifted a fly to foul floor in proper that pressured McCarthy to cowl 95 toes in simply over 5 seconds — which he did. But after making the seize, the speedy McCarthy had no selection however to flip over the brief wall and somersault on the pavement. A shocked McCarthy held onto the ball — and his shades! — via all of it. And let’s not neglect to present some credit score to the fan within the Manny Machado jersey who helped him up.

“I had a pretty good read on it. The wall came up pretty quick,” McCarthy stated. “The catch itself I don’t suppose was tremendous troublesome. But I didn’t notice how shut I used to be to the wall.

“Obviously, I flipped over. Luckily, I didn’t get hurt or anything. The concrete didn’t feel great, but I feel fine.”

McCarthy was a Pennsylvania all-state operating again in 2014 for Scranton High School.

“Jake is extremely athletic,” D-backs supervisor Torey Lovullo stated. “He’s fearless. He brings a football mentality.”

MLB.com reporter/editor Shaun O’Neill contributed to this report.