Children have entered the court twice this NBA season, but even when kids are allowed on the playing surface, it helps to keep a watchful eye.

The Astros allowed a lot of people on the field before Sunday’s game as part of a Mother’s Day ceremony for breast cancer awareness, and one little boy got separated from the group and went for a run.

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This almost ended terribly, but thanks to the quick reflexes of an Astros employee, the boy was scooped up before he could run into the path of a Collin McHugh warmup pitch.

Update: The hero has been identified as promotions coordinator Nasser Kyobe.

@TheGeeScott I had to save him. He took off towards home and McHugh was still warming up — Nasser Kyobe (@NasserKyobe) May 8, 2016

The heroic reaction of this employee should be right up there with J.T. Snow’s 2002 swoop of Dusty Baker’s son.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzV7x8WcR4g