When the center-field wall towers over you, why not use it to your advantage?
That's exactly what Cal State Monterey Bay's KW Quilici did Thursday.
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With two outs and a runner on base in the fourth inning, Cal State San Marcos designated hitter Mateo Lake clobbered a pitch to deep center field. Trailing back to the gated fence 400 feet away, Quilici climbed the wall with ease, swung his right arm over the yellow tubing and braced himself as he waited for the ball to come down. That's when he successfully snared the would-be homer in his glove.
Back on the ground, the senior outfielder held the mitt aloft for all to see as he ran back to the dugout with his fellow Otters.
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San Marcos ultimately scored a 9-2 victory over the Monterey Bay squad. Offensively, Quilici, an Alameda, Calif., product, drove in the Otters' lone runs with a fifth-inning homer that no outfielder was able to corral.