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CBS News
4 hours ago
- Sport
- CBS News
Red Sox lose frustrating game to Phillies in bizarre and rare walk-off
The Boston Red Sox lost in a truly unique fashion Monday night, losing to the Philadelphia Phillies on a walk-off catcher's interference call in 10 innings. You can absolutely file it under "Things You Don't See Everyday," as it was just the second time a game has ended on a catcher's interference call since 1920, according to Elias Sports Bureau. The Phillies had the bases loaded and no outs when Boston catcher Carlos Narváez interfered with Edmundo Sosa's check swing on a 2-2 slider from Jordan Hicks. It initially went unnoticed by the home plate umpire, but was sent to a review after Sosa plead his case at the plate. According to the MLB rule books, a swing is not required for a catcher's interference penalty to come into play. So Narváez was hit with the infraction after a brief replay review, which plated ghost runner Brandon Marsh to give the Phillies a 3-2 victory. Narváez believes Sosa attempted to check his swing late as the backstop tried to frame a strike for Hicks. He took full accountability for the play after the Red Sox loss. "I just think he saw the pitch and in his mind thought to foul it off at the last moment. It was so late. It was late. I had the ball and then I felt the contact. It was really weird," explained Narváez. "I take accountability on that one. That can't happen." Narváez said they have scouting reports on each hitter and how they stand at the plate, so he and Connor Wong know some batters require them to set up closer to the plate and others require them to set up further back. He said Sosa is somewhere in the middle. "It sucks," said Narváez. "We don't want to lose a game, especially in that way." Monday night was the seventh time this season the Red Sox have been called for catcher's interference, which leads the Majors. It capped off an overall rough night for Narváez, who was 0-for-3 at the plate with two strikeouts and had a passed ball in the bottom of the fourth that eventually let the Phillies take a 2-1 lead. As for a team walking off with a win on a catcher's interference call, the 2025 Phillies joined the 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers as the only teams in MLB history to win in such odd fashion. In the previous instance, Hall of Famer Johnny Bench was called for interference on an attempted straight steal of home. After using closer Aroldis Chapman in the eighth and Garrett Whitlock in the ninth, Boston manager Alex Cora turned to Hicks to keep it a 2-2 game in the bottom of the 10th. But the fireballer couldn't find the strike zone, Hicks walked leadoff man Otto Kemp on four erratic pitches, and then let him and ghost runner Marsh advance on an 86 mph slider that flew errantly behind Max Kepler. The Red Sox walked Kepler intentionally to load the bases, and Hicks actually got ahead of Sosa 0-2 when the batter watched two straight strikes. A few pitches later, Hicks missed outside with a 1-2 slider, which is when Narváez was called for interference. Hicks threw 10 pitches on Monday, and only three of them went for strikes. It stained an otherwise stellar night from Boston's pitching staff. Starter Walker Buehler gave the team seven strong innings and allowed just two runs (one earned) and struck out four. Chapman and Whitlock both put up zeros out of the bullpen to force extras. What the Red Sox really needed Monday was some timely hitting. It's no surprise Boston only scored two runs off Zach Wheeler, but the Red Sox should have plated more against the Phillies ace. With a 1-0 lead in the top of the third, the Sox had runners on first and second and no outs for Alex Bregman, who grounded into a double play. Roman Anthony struck out to end the inning and leave Jarren Duran on second -- one of four strikeouts for the Boston rookie on the night. In the top of the sixth, after Trevor Story tagged Wheeler for an RBI single to tie the game at 2-2, the ace struck out Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela to end the Boston threat. Overall, the Red Sox struck out 16 times in the loss. The Red Sox once again came up empty in the top of the 10th, with Duran striking out, Bregman grounding out to third, and Anthony fanning again to leave Rob Refsnyder on the base paths. Boston was 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position for the night. It set the Phillies up for some odd walk-off dramatics, and dropped the Red Sox to 0-7 in extra-inning games on the road this season. After winning 10 straight ahead of the All-Star break, the Red Sox have now lost three of four since returning to action. But they got some help in the standings Monday night, as both the Yankees and the Mariners lost. New York remains two games up on both Boston and Seattle for the top AL Wild Card spot heading into Tuesday night's action. The Tampa Bay Rays also lost Monday, and remain 1.5 games back of the Red Sox and the Mariners. While Monday's loss was certainly odd and frustrating for Boston, the beauty of baseball is the Red Sox get to play again less than 24 hours later. Boston will send Richard Fitts (1-3, 4.28 ERA) to the hill against Philadelphia lefty Christopher Sanchez (8-2, 2.50 ERA) Tuesday night.
The Guardian
4 hours ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
Phillies complete wild win after catcher's interference call with bases loaded
Edmundo Sosa's Phillies teammates mobbed him beyond first base after a 3-2, walk-off win over the Red Sox on Monday night. In the moment, it didn't matter to him that he'd gotten there thanks to a call of catcher's interference. 'To be honest, this feels exactly like a home run,' Sosa said. 'The most important thing about it is that we end up winning the game, and that's what we went out to do.' Sosa clinched the game when, with the bases loaded and no out in the 10th inning, his check swing on a 2-2 pitch struck the glove of Red Sox catcher Carlos Narvaez. The Phillies dugout called for a review, which showed there was contact, allowing Sosa to take first and Brandon Marsh to score the winning run. 'I felt my barrel was a little late on the pitch,' said Sosa, who entered as a pinch-hitter in the eighth and singled. 'And as I go through my swing path, I feel like I hit the catcher's glove. And I told the ump that I think I felt something, and I started signaling [to] the dugout.' It's the first instance of a walk-off catcher's interference in a major league game since 1971, when the Los Angeles Dodgers won on a call against Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench. Willie Crawford was the batter, Joe Gibbon the pitcher. Monday's play went down as an error for Narvaez, his sixth of the season, the second-most among catchers in the majors. Narvaez also had a passed ball, his fifth, in the fourth inning that moved Nick Castellanos into scoring position after he drove in the Phillies' first run. Castellanos scored on JT Realmuto's single. 'I don't feel I was that close to the hitter,' Narvaez said. 'Everything went so quick. Really tough for that to happen in that moment to cost us the game. I take accountability. I've got to be better. That cannot happen.' The Phillies have been on the other end of a quirky walk-off this season: they lost in San Francisco on 8 July when Patrick Bailey hit a three-run, inside-the-park home run. 'There's two things this year that I've never seen before in 40 years,' Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. 'One is a walk-off inside-the-park home run, and one is a walk-off catcher's interference.' The Phillies won without putting a ball in play in the 10th. Marsh started the inning at second base. Otto Kemp, trying to bunt him to third, was walked by Boston reliever Jordan Hicks. Hicks' first delivery to Max Kepler was a wild pitch that moved the runners to second and third. The Red Sox intentionally walked Kepler. Sosa went down 0-2, fouled a pitch off, then offered at an 86 mph slider, hitting only the thumb of Narvaez's glove to decide the game. 'It's strange,' Phillies starting pitcher Zack Wheeler said. 'People always say, I've never seen that before on a baseball field. It's just another one. I'm wondering how many more times you can say that.'
Fox News
5 hours ago
- Sport
- Fox News
Phillies secure bizarre walk-off win not seen in MLB for over 50 years
The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Boston Red Sox in walk-off fashion, but in a bizarre way that hasn't happened since 1971. With the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, Edmundo Sosa was trying to be the hero at the plate in Citizens Banks Park. However, when he attempted to swing at a Red Sox pitch outside the strike zone, he checked his bat just in time as to not cross the plate for a strike call. As he was doing it, though, his bat made contact with Red Sox catcher Carlos Narvaez's glove – catcher's interference. No, Sosa wasn't intending on swinging all the way through the pitch, but when the bat makes contact with the catcher's glove, it's an automatic interference call and a trip to first base. With the bases loaded and nowhere to put Sosa, Brandon Marsh waltzed home for the 3-2 victory. While a celebration unfolded for the Phillies, the Red Sox couldn't believe that's the way they went out on the road Monday night. This marked the second time ever a catcher's interference ended a baseball game in the divisional era, which began in 1969, per The last time it happened was 1971. It was a huge win either way for Philadelphia, as they maintained their NL East lead by a half-game over the New York Mets, who came back to beat the Los Angeles Angels, 7-5, in their matchup on Monday. The Phillies saw RBI singles from Nick Castellanos and J.T. Realmuto in the fourth inning, but those were the only two runs they scored over the first nine innings. Boston, which saw Jarren Duran belt a homer in the top of the first inning, finally got back on the scoreboard thanks to Trevor Story to tie the game. However, after not being able to capture a run at the top of the 10th, it was a brutal way to go out in the end.
Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Phillies claim another wild, walk-off win on catcher's interference with bases loaded in 10th
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Edmundo Sosa's teammates on the Philadelphia Phillies mobbed him beyond first base after a 3-2, walk-off win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night. In the moment, it didn't matter to him that he'd gotten there thanks to a call of catcher's interference. 'To be honest, this feels exactly like a home run,' Sosa said through a translator. 'The most important thing about it is that we end up winning the game, and that's what we went out to do.' Sosa won the game when, with the bases loaded and no out in the 10th inning, his check swing on a 2-2 pitch struck the glove of catcher Carlos Narvaez. The Phillies dugout called for a review, which showed the contact, allowing Sosa to take first and automatic runner Brandon Marsh to score the winning run. 'I felt my barrel was a little late on the pitch,' said Sosa, who entered as a pinch-hitter in the eighth and singled. 'And as I go through my swing path, I feel like I hit the catcher's glove. And I told the ump that I think I felt something, and I started signaling in the dugout.' It's the first instance of a walk-off catcher's interference in a major league game since Aug. 1, 1971, when the Los Angeles Dodgers won on a call against Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench. Willie Crawford was the batter, Joe Gibbon the pitcher. The play went down as an error for Narvaez, his sixth of the season, second-most among catchers in the majors. Narvaez also had a passed ball, his fifth, in the fourth inning that moved Nick Castellanos into scoring position after he drove in the Phillies' first run. Castellanos scored on J.T. Realmuto's single. 'I don't feel I was that close to the hitter,' Narvaez said. 'Everything went so quick. Really tough for that to happen in that moment to cost us the game. I take accountability. I've got to be better. That cannot happen.' It's the Phillies' third walk-off win of the season. The first, against Washington on April 29, came on a wild pitch that allowed Bryson Stott to score. A walk-off on June 6 over the Chicago Cubs came via a Marsh single in the 11th. The Phillies lost a game in San Francisco on July 8 when Patrick Bailey hit a three-run, walk-off, inside-the-park home run. 'There's two things this year that I've never seen before in 40 years,' Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. 'One is a walk-off inside-the-park home run, and one is a walk-off catcher's interference.' The Phillies won without putting a ball in play in the 10th. Marsh started the inning at second base. Otto Kemp, trying to bunt him to third, was walked by Boston reliever Jordan Hicks. Hicks' first delivery to Max Kepler was a wild pitch that moved the runners to second and third. The Red Sox intentionally walked Kepler. Sosa went down 0-2, fouled a pitch off, then offered at an 86 mph slider, hitting only the thumb of Narvaez's glove to decide the game. 'It's strange,' Phillies starting pitcher Zack Wheeler said. 'People always say, I've never seen that before on a baseball field. It's just another one. I'm wondering how many more times you can say that.' ___ AP MLB:
Associated Press
13 hours ago
- Sport
- Associated Press
Phillies claim another wild, walk-off win on catcher's interference with bases loaded in 10th
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Edmundo Sosa's teammates on the Philadelphia Phillies mobbed him beyond first base after a 3-2, walk-off win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night. In the moment, it didn't matter to him that he'd gotten there thanks to a call of catcher's interference. 'To be honest, this feels exactly like a home run,' Sosa said through a translator. 'The most important thing about it is that we end up winning the game, and that's what we went out to do.' Sosa won the game when, with the bases loaded and no out in the 10th inning, his check swing on a 2-2 pitch struck the glove of catcher Carlos Narvaez. The Phillies dugout called for a review, which showed the contact, allowing Sosa to take first and automatic runner Brandon Marsh to score the winning run. 'I felt my barrel was a little late on the pitch,' said Sosa, who entered as a pinch-hitter in the eighth and singled. 'And as I go through my swing path, I feel like I hit the catcher's glove. And I told the ump that I think I felt something, and I started signaling in the dugout.' It's the first instance of a walk-off catcher's interference in a major league game since Aug. 1, 1971, when the Los Angeles Dodgers won on a call against Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench. Willie Crawford was the batter, Joe Gibbon the pitcher. The play went down as an error for Narvaez, his sixth of the season, second-most among catchers in the majors. Narvaez also had a passed ball, his fifth, in the fourth inning that moved Nick Castellanos into scoring position after he drove in the Phillies' first run. Castellanos scored on J.T. Realmuto's single. 'I don't feel I was that close to the hitter,' Narvaez said. 'Everything went so quick. Really tough for that to happen in that moment to cost us the game. I take accountability. I've got to be better. That cannot happen.' It's the Phillies' third walk-off win of the season. The first, against Washington on April 29, came on a wild pitch that allowed Bryson Stott to score. A walk-off on June 6 over the Chicago Cubs came via a Marsh single in the 11th. The Phillies lost a game in San Francisco on July 8 when Patrick Bailey hit a three-run, walk-off, inside-the-park home run. 'There's two things this year that I've never seen before in 40 years,' Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. 'One is a walk-off inside-the-park home run, and one is a walk-off catcher's interference.' The Phillies won without putting a ball in play in the 10th. Marsh started the inning at second base. Otto Kemp, trying to bunt him to third, was walked by Boston reliever Jordan Hicks. Hicks' first delivery to Max Kepler was a wild pitch that moved the runners to second and third. The Red Sox intentionally walked Kepler. Sosa went down 0-2, fouled a pitch off, then offered at an 86 mph slider, hitting only the thumb of Narvaez's glove to decide the game. 'It's strange,' Phillies starting pitcher Zack Wheeler said. 'People always say, I've never seen that before on a baseball field. It's just another one. I'm wondering how many more times you can say that.' ___ AP MLB:
