Cody Bellinger’s acrobatic catch stuns fans as Yankees win home opener over Marlins

Gold Glove-winning outfielder Cody Bellinger made a compelling lawsuit for drawback of the twelvemonth successful the New York Yankees' location opener against the Miami Marlins connected Friday.

The highlight-reel drawback came successful the ninth inning connected a heavy thrust by Marlins infielder Xavier Edwards.

New York Yankees' Cody Bellinger gestures aft hitting a treble during the 5th inning of the location opener against the Miami Marlins successful New York connected April 3, 2026. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

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Bellinger sprinted 62 feet and tracked the shot good but misjudged it astatine the past moment, and it glanced disconnected his wrist. Mid-jump, helium swung his limb astir and snagged the shot astatine astir genu level. 

Fans astatine Yankee Stadium erupted arsenic Bellinger looked astatine his mitt successful disbelief, but the erstwhile Los Angeles Dodgers prima wouldn’t telephone the acrobatic prevention his smartest play.

New York Yankees near fielder Cody Bellinger catches a alert shot deed by Miami Marlins' Xavier Edwards during the ninth inning of the location opener successful New York connected April 3, 2026. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

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"I should person caught it the archetypal time," helium said, adding that helium "squeezed" his mitt excessively early.

"I decidedly got lucky. Threw my mitt retired there."

The Yankees are disconnected to their 2nd 6-1 commencement successful 3 seasons aft Aaron Judge deed a go-ahead, two-run homer successful the archetypal inning to assistance the squad unafraid an 8-2 triumph implicit the Marlins successful the Bronx. 

Trent Grisham, Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees observe aft defeating the Miami Marlins astatine Yankee Stadium successful New York connected April 3, 2026. (Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos)

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Miami entered the crippled astatine 5-1, matching its franchise-best start.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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