Royal highness: Wall-scaling catch amazes

MIAMI — Fences were moved in and walls were lowered at Marlins Park prior to this season in hopes of producing more offense.

But Royals center fielder Jarrod Dyson robbed Miami’s Christian Yelich of a potential homer, leaping to snag the long fly ball just to the right of the 407-foot sign in straightaway center for the final out of the first inning of Kansas City’s 5-2 win over the Marlins on Thursday.

“I was playing him opposite field because he looked a little late,” Dyson said. “[Yelich] put a charge in it. I just tried to run it down, go get it.”

According to Statcast™, Yelich hit the ball 414 feet with a 102.8-mph exit velocity and a launch angle of 25.4 degrees.

That launch …

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