Kentucky outfielder causes Indiana home run with ball bouncing off glove

Indiana infielder Evan Goforth hadn’t made a start for the Hoosiers in quite some time, recording just one hit on the season versus Auburn in February. But on Sunday during the team’s Lexington Regional matchup with Kentucky, he provided one of the most unusual highlight plays we’ll likely see all NCAA Tournament.

With his team down 4-0, Goforth got Indiana’s offense going with a solo home run to center that had a peculiar ending. Kentucky center fielder Jackson Gray was tracking Goforth’s hit as it neared the center field wall, and as it reached its destination, it bounced off of Gray’s glove and over the wall for a homer.

The play is one that Gray will likely be looking to forget as soon as possible, that Goforth will laugh about for the rest of his life, and that you can watch right now below.

Goforth’s homer may have been comical, but it did get things going for Indiana’s offense, as a Devin Taylor RBI single put another point on the board for the Hoosiers.

Indiana is only down 4-2 now heading into the fourth inning, as a win for a Hoosiers wins them the Lexington Regional, and a win by Kentucky forces a winner-take-all game on Monday.

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