Watch: Corey Seager homers, gets silent treatment in Dodgers dugout.

PHOENIX — Corey Seager hit his first career home run in the fifth inning Saturday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The home run was inherently memorable for one of baseball’s top prospects, but the circumstances immediately before and after only burnished it further as a unique moment.

On the previous pitch to Seager, Diamondbacks left fielder David Peralta had a beat on a foul pop-up headed for the stands. A fan wearing Diamondbacks gear reached over and caught the ball above Peralta’s gloved hand, giving Seager new life.

After hitting the home run, Seager was treated like an invisible man in his own dugout:

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J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.