03-05-2025
'Man vs gorilla': Nats 1B Nathaniel Lowe runs into GABP tarp vs Reds, topples into seats
The Cincinnati Reds' Santiago Espinal was batting in the bottom of the 7th inning of Friday's series-opening win against the Washington Nationals at Great American Ball Park when Espinal fouled a ball into the first row of seats on the first-base side.
Nats first baseman Nathaniel Lowe pursued the foul pop-up, and didn't appear to put on the brakes for the GABP tarp, covered in a Gorilla Glue ad. He went hard into the tarp and toppled into the first row of seats.
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"Oh, look out! Oh mercy," Fanduel Sports Network reporter Jim Day said during the broadcast. "This is just painful to watch. I am so thankful he's OK."
Washington Nationals first baseman Nathaniel Lowe
Lowe was helped to his feet, and stayed in the game. But Cut4 had fun at his expense with a video retweeted by the official MLB account, captioned, "1 man vs. a gorilla."
The video from Cut4 via Twitter/X:
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Nats 1B Nathaniel Lowe runs into GABP tarp vs Reds, topples into seats
