Phillies beat Red Sox on unusual walk-off interference call
The Philadelphia Phillies found a very creative way to win a game on Monday.
During Monday’s game against the Boston Red Sox at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies earned the walkoff victory in the 10th inning. The walkoff came via [checks notes] a catcher interference call on [checks notes again] a non-swing.
Phillies infielder Edmundo Sosa was at the plate in the bottom of the inning with the score tied 2-2 and a ghost runner on third base. Sosa got a 1-2 offering from Boston’s Jordan Hicks and checked his swing on a pitch outside of the zone.
But the Phillies immediately called for a challenge on the play, believing that Red Sox catcher Carlos Narvaez had interfered with Sosa. Replay review confirmed the ruling, and Philadelphia’s Brandon Marsh was allowed to come home for the winning run.
Here is the video:
According to baseball writer Sarah Langs, that was the first walk-off catcher’s interference since 1971 during a Los Angeles Dodgers-Cincinnati Reds game (with Johnny Bench behind the plate for Cincinnati).
Needless to say, it is extremely unusual to see a walk-off in that manner, especially when the batter did not even technically swing on the pitch. But it was indeed the right call as Narvaez’s glove did clearly interfere with Sosa’s bat.
Meanwhile, this has been the season of unusual walk-offs as earlier this month we also saw one that hadn’t happened in Major League Baseball for 99 years.
This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.
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