The San Diego Padres thought that they had tied Sunday’s sport towards the Miami Marlins in dramatic vogue, however had it taken away on a controversial replay evaluation.
With two out and no person on and down a run within the ninth, San Diego’s Ha-Seong Kim seemingly hit a game-tying house run that deflected off Miami left fielder Kyle Stowers. At first glimpse, the ball appeared to bounce off the highest of the wall, then go off Stowers and over the fence.
An umpire evaluation overturned the decision, nonetheless. Kim was given a ground-rule double, and the following hitter, Luis Campusano, struck out to finish the sport.
It’s definitely doable for a fly ball to bounce off an outfielder and go over the fence for a house run — the notorious fly ball that bounced off Jose Canseco’s head and over the wall is an ideal instance. On this occasion, the umpires appeared to rule that the ball both hit the highest of the fence or hit the wall in play after it went off Stowers’ glove, however earlier than it went all the way in which over the fence.
The Padres have been one of many hottest groups in baseball of late, and this loss broke a seven-game win streak. They might be forgiven for pondering one other break would possibly go their approach contemplating how issues have been going for them recently.
