SAN FRANCISCO — There isn’t a lot that supervisor Bob Melvin hasn’t seen on a baseball subject. Friday evening offered him — and most of his gamers — with a primary.
Within the prime of the fourth inning, Sean Murphy hit a bases loaded line drive at proper fielder Mike Yastrzemski. Yastrzemski made the catch and fired residence; Olson tagged up and burst for the plate. As Yastrzemski’s throw arrived and Olson slid residence protected, a second ball entered the enjoying subject.
From the angle of the throw, the ball gave the impression to be thrown by a fan from the higher deck. The throw didn’t intrude with the play, however the umpiring crew convened regardless. The play stood, giving Atlanta its first run of the sport.
“That’s a first,” Melvin stated after the Giants’ 5-4 win over the Braves. “I’ve never seen that before. I don’t know where it came from. I don’t know what the rule is. I think everybody was a little surprised by it. It didn’t affect the play, but it was extremely odd to see another baseball come onto the field.”
Hayden Birdsong, the pitcher on the time of the incident, didn’t see the throw come down from the stands.
“I thought it was the ball that was thrown home,” Birdsong stated. “I was like, ‘Why is the ball way out there?’ Then I realized Patty had the other ball. I was like, ‘What is going on?’ I had no idea.”
Birdsong, 23, stated he had by no means seen something like this earlier than.
Coloration commenter Mike Krukow, calling the sport alongside long-time broadcast associate Duane Kuiper, echoed Birdsong and Melvin’s sentiments.
“Came out of the upper deck,” Krukow stated on the tv broadcast. Some clown threw the baseball onto the sector. I’ve by no means seen that.”
Initially Printed: June 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM PDT
