Guardians Catcher Austin Hedges Proposes After Win

Cleveland Guardians catcher Austin Hedges turned a routine postgame moment into a personal milestone on Sunday, proposing to his girlfriend, Lexi Dickinson, on the field at Progressive Field following his team's 8-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

The proposal came after the final out of the game on April 19, with Hedges getting down on one knee as a message flashed across the stadium scoreboard: "Lexi, will you marry me?" Dickinson, an aesthetic nurse practitioner and wellness content creator, accepted amid cheers from remaining fans and applause from Hedges' teammates, who watched respectfully from near the dugout. Hedges had carried the engagement ring since spring training but finalized the plan only a couple of weeks earlier. He scored the game's first run earlier in the contest but went 0-for-4 at the plate.

"I was really hoping we won the game," Hedges told reporters afterward. "I was going to do it regardless, but I really wanted to win that game to make it extra special." The 33-year-old added that the day brought extra anxiety beyond his usual pregame jitters. "There were a lot of nerves, a lot of nerves," he said. "I'm always nervous for baseball games and just...