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Matt Joyce made a great leaping grab and celebrated by breaking a scoreboard

Matt Joyce accounted for the A's only run in Friday's 3-1 loss to the Astros with an eighth inning solo dinger. Before that, Joyce also contributed to the team's cause with a leaping catch in left field on a line-drive from Max Stassi in the fourth inning.
That catch sent Joyce on a collision course with Minute Maid Park's left-field scoreboard. The A's outfielder clearly won that battle.

Losers of the encouter include both the scoreboard and, strangely enough, Twins pitcher Ervin Santana, whose number Joyce punched out.
Even beyond the immediate victory over the wall, punching the number of a pitcher perhaps foreshadowed what was to come when Joyce punched a pitch from Chris Devenski out of the park.

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