PHILADELPHIA — Edmundo Sosa‘s teammates on the Philadelphia Phillies mobbed him past first base after a 3-2, walk-off win over the Boston Pink Sox on Monday night time.
Within the second, it did not matter to him that he’d gotten there due to a catcher’s interference name.
“To be sincere, this feels precisely like a house run,” Sosa stated by an interpreter. “A very powerful factor about it’s that we find yourself successful the sport, and that is what we went out to do.”
Sosa gained the sport when, with the bases loaded and no outs within the tenth inning, his verify swing on a 2-2 pitch struck the glove of catcher Carlos Narvaez. The Phillies known as for a overview, which confirmed the contact, permitting Sosa to take first and automated runner Brandon Marsh to attain the successful run.
“I felt my barrel was somewhat late on the pitch,” stated Sosa, who entered as a pinch hitter within the eighth and singled. “And as I’m going by my swing path, I really feel like I hit the catcher’s glove. And I informed the ump that I believe I felt one thing, and I began signaling within the dugout.”
It is the primary occasion of a walk-off catcher’s interference in a serious league recreation since Aug. 1, 1971, when the Los Angeles Dodgers gained on a name towards Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench. Willie Crawford was the batter and Joe Gibbon was the pitcher.
The play went down as an error for Narvaez, his sixth of the season, second most amongst catchers within the majors. Narvaez additionally had a handed ball, his fifth, within the fourth inning that moved Nick Castellanos into scoring place after he drove within the Phillies’ first run. Castellanos scored on J.T. Realmuto‘s single.
“I do not really feel I used to be that near the hitter,” Narvaez stated. “All the pieces went so fast. Actually powerful for that to occur in that second to price us the sport. I take accountability. I’ve received to be higher. That can’t occur.”
It is the Phillies’ third walk-off win of the season. The primary, towards Washington on April 29, got here on a wild pitch that allowed Bryson Stott to attain. A walk-off on June 6 over the Chicago Cubs got here through a Marsh single within the eleventh.
The Phillies misplaced a recreation in San Francisco on July 8 when Patrick Bailey hit a three-run, walk-off, inside-the-park house run.
“There’s two issues this 12 months that I’ve by no means seen earlier than in 40 years,” Phillies supervisor Rob Thomson stated. “One is a walk-off inside-the-park house run, and one is a walk-off catcher’s interference.”
The Phillies gained with out placing a ball in play within the tenth. Marsh began the inning at second base. Otto Kemp, attempting to bunt him to 3rd, was walked by Boston reliever Jordan Hicks.
Hicks’ first supply to Max Kepler was a wild pitch that moved the runners to second and third. The Pink Sox deliberately walked Kepler. Sosa went down 0-2, fouled a pitch off, then swung at an 86 mph slider, hitting solely the thumb of Narvaez’s glove to resolve the sport.
“It is unusual,” Phillies beginning pitcher Zack Wheeler stated. “Individuals all the time say, I’ve by no means seen that earlier than on a baseball area. It is simply one other one. I am questioning what number of extra instances you’ll be able to say that.”
