San Diego Padres catcher Jorge Alfaro wasn’t in a position to spend Mom’s Day together with his mother in Colombia, however he gave her a present she’ll all the time bear in mind: a house run.
Much more wonderful: She predicted he’d hit one for her although he wasn’t within the lineup for Sunday’s sport with the Miami Marlins.
Previous that day, Alfaro referred to as his mother at her house in Sincelejo to pray her a contented Mom’s Day. Even though he wasn’t scheduled to start out, she had a message for him.
“In the event you’re no longer within the lineup, simply be in a position, you’re going to hit a house run as of late,” Alfaro instructed MLB.com, relaying what his mother mentioned to him. “I’m like, ‘Mother, that’s laborious to do.’”
She didn’t appear deterred, telling her son, “I don’t care, no matter,” earlier than including, “God bless you, have a just right sport.”
Spoiler alert: He did, or no less than an excessively well timed at-bat.
The Padres had been trailing the Marlins 2-0 within the backside of the 9th inning with two males on base when Alfaro got here in to pinch hit. Then, at the first pitch he noticed, Alfaro knocked it out of the park, giving the Padres a 3-2 win.
After the sport, Alfaro nonetheless couldn’t imagine his mother’s prediction got here true proper when it mattered maximum.
“It’s simply implausible,” Alfaro instructed MLB.com. “She referred to as it previous, proper earlier than the sport began. … When I hit the ball, I used to be operating the bases, and it used to be like I used to be dreaming. It looks like a dream. How did she know?”