Solely two video games in MLB historical past have ended on a catcher’s interference name.
The primary was greater than 50 years in the past on Aug. 1, 1971, in a recreation between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds.
The second was on Monday evening, when the Boston Crimson Sox suffered a 3-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies at Residents Financial institution Park.
The walk-off catcher’s interference occurred after Jordan Hicks loaded the bases with no one out within the backside of the tenth inning. With the depend at 1-2 on Edmundo Sosa, Hicks threw a slider off the plate that Sosa tried to swing at.
Sadly for the Crimson Sox, Sosa’s bat struck the glove of catcher Carlos Narváez.
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The pitch was known as a ball by house plate umpire Quinn Wolcott, however Phillies supervisor Rob Thomson challenged it. After a replay evaluate, the decision on the sphere was overturned and adjusted to catcher’s interference, robotically awarding Sosa first base.
That pressured within the successful run, sending Boston to a weird and irritating 3-2 defeat. It was the staff’s seventh catcher’s interference this yr, which leads MLB.
The fluky ending capped a tense recreation that featured dominant pitching performances on each side. Walker Buehler tossed seven innings of two-run ball for the Crimson Sox, whereas Zack Wheeler struck out 10 over six sturdy innings.
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Boston had its possibilities, however in the end didn’t ship the large hit, going 1-for-10 with runners in scoring place and leaving eight males on base.
The loss continues a regarding pattern for the Crimson Sox, who at the moment are 5-10 in extra-innings video games this yr, together with 0-7 on the highway. They’ve struggled in one-run video games as properly, going 12-20.
Boston has misplaced three of its 4 video games because the All-Star Break as its bats have gone chilly, scoring simply 9 runs throughout that stretch. The Crimson Sox will attempt to bounce again on Tuesday evening behind Richard Fitts (1-3, 4.28 ERA), who will face Cristopher Sánchez (8-2, 2.50 ERA).
