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Fan comes close to life-threatening fall after home run at World Baseball Classic final

Kyle Schwarber's home run in the World Baseball Classic final Tuesday night almost ended in catastrophe for one fan in the stands at loanDepot Park in Miami.

A big moment for Team USA in Tuesday night’s World Baseball Classic against Team Japan almost resulted in a catastrophe for one fan trying to snag a home run ball. 

USA’s Kyle Schwarber sent a rocket to right field off Japan’s Yu Darvish to cut the lead to 3-2 in the top of the eighth. Fans in the second deck were ready to catch the home run ball. 

One fan in the front row nearly went too far. 

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The fan, wearing a dark shirt and a beige hat, leaped to try and catch the ball. And he nearly flew over the railing. 

Luckily, he caught a hold of the front rail while fans around him cheered Schwarber's homer.

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Because of the importance of the home run in the WBC final, fans were clearly willing to take a risk to get the ball. 

And we’ve seen this before. New York Yankees’ slugger Aaron Judge hit his American League-record 62nd home run at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, last season. While one fan in the front row in left field snagged the ball, another fan rolled over the front railing in hopes the ball would ricochet off fans and land below. 

That fan was eventually ejected from the stadium. 

The WBC final had a fantastic finish. Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout, teammates with the Los Angeles Angels and widely regarded as the top two baseball players in the world, squared off in the top of the ninth inning with two outs and Team USA down one. 

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Trout struck out on a 3-2 slider from Ohtani, who secured the win for Japan and won WBC MVP. It was the first time the two faced each other in a game. 

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