New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried had a no-hitter going late into Sunday’s sport in opposition to the Tampa Bay Rays, and he misplaced it after a controversial scoring change.
Fried didn’t permit successful via 6 1/3 innings at George M. Steinbrenner Discipline in Tampa, Florida. The primary hit for the Rays got here when outfielder Chandler Simpson chopped a floor ball to the correct facet of the infield. Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt booted the ball and was initially charged with an error.
Fried nonetheless thought he had not allowed successful for a number of extra batters. By the point the left-hander took the mound within the eighth inning, scorekeepers had modified the Simpson floor ball from an error to successful.
It was apparently decided that Simpson would have crushed the throw to first even when Goldschmidt had provide you with the bottom ball.