Maybe Brusdar Graterol was just saying thank you to the ball for finding his glove after it was sharply hit back to him. 

The Dodgers’ reliever appeared to kiss the ball before throwing it over to first base on Sunday after Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Nick Castellanos, who also homered in the game, sent a hard-hit shot back to him.

Graterol dropped to his knees while trying to secure the ball, before pulling it out his glove and laying a smooch on it.

Then he threw it over to first baseman Freddie Freeman. 

The sequence of events gave Dodgers television broadcaster Joe Davis a little chuckle midway through his call of the play.

There seemed to be no context as to why Graterol kissed the ball before throwing it. 

Former Detroit Tigers reliever Al Alburquerque notably once kissed the baseball after he forced an inning-ending play in the ninth of Game 2 of the 2012 American League Division Series.

The celebratory gesture appeared to rub some Oakland Athletics players the wrong way at the time. 

Though it didn’t appear any Phillies players took issue with Graterol.

Graterol threw one inning for LA without giving up a hit or run. He was the eighth Dodgers pitcher to pitch in the game.

The play occurred in the bottom of the eighth inning of Sunday Dodgers’ game in Philadelphia with Los Angeles trailing 7-3. They lost the game by the same score. 

The lighthearted moment in the eighth from Graterol was a bit of a reprieve from a game where the Dodgers had trailed right from the first inning. Los Angeles didn’t score their first run of the game until the sixth.

The loss for the Dodgers also marked the first time in five seasons that the Phillies had taken a home series against Los Angeles. Bryce Harper and Mookie Betts were seen exchanging jerseys behind home plate after the game.