DENVER — Emily Sauvageau has been to 837 Rockies games in her 21 years, but she never imagined one swing at Coors Field would change her life.

The Adams State University softball player caught Shohei Ohtani’s 300th career home run in June, and now that baseball sold at auction . According to Lelands, the ball sold for $44,322 Saturday night.

“I figured I’d catch one at some point,” Sauvageau said. “But I didn’t think it’d be, you know, Ohtani’s milestone 300th home run ball.”

Sauvageau said she was focused on making a clean play when the ball came her way.

“I was mainly worried about interfering, so I was trying to really focus on not reaching over or anything,” she said. “I just waited for it, and as soon as it went over the fence I just basket-caught it right on the other side. I t

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