Padres’ Jurickson Profar trolls Dodgers fans after stealing a home run in Game 2

Mookie Betts thought it was out as he rounded the bases in a home run trot. The Fox broadcast thought it was out because the scoring error gave the Dodgers a run. Even a few blue-clad Dodgers fans in the left stands thought it was out.

But only one person was sure that it wasn’t actually a home run.

Jurickson Profar jumped up and down and stared into the crowd behind him with a troll job of epic proportions after robbing Betts of a game-winning home run. The ball was in his glove the whole time. It was just the second out in the first inning.

“That was one of my wishes. I wanted to rob a home run and I did that in a playoff game, so it was awesome!”

Jurickson Profar smiled as he described his home run heist @Ken_Rosenthal 👏 pic.twitter.com/S32HfRtL6W

– FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 7, 2024

“That was one of my wishes, I want to rob a home run,” Profar told Ken Rosenthal on the Fox broadcast. “And I did it in a playoff game. I had to fight with them to catch the ball. You hit my glove.”

The Padres, who lost Game 1 of the NLDS, took a one-run lead in the first inning of Game 2 on a home run by Fernando Tatis Jr. David Peralta hit a two-run home run in the second inning to make it 3-0. It underscores Los Angeles’ deep concern about its thin starting pitching.

You really thought so, right? 😏 pic.twitter.com/Hn4j4371Ad

– San Diego Padres (@Padres) October 7, 2024

On Saturday night, the Dodgers offense managed to rescue the injured Yoshinobu Yamamoto. On Sunday, Profar’s home run raid made things a little more difficult.

Jurickson Profar. Peak trolling.

— Dennis Lin (@dennistlin) October 7, 2024

(Photo by Jurickson Profar: Kiyoshi Mio / Imagn Images)