The Philadelphia Philis They starred in a historical end on Monday night, by imposing 3-2 on Red Boston socks With a play that was not seen in the Major Leagues For more than half a century: an interference of the receiver that ended the game.
Edmundo Sosa was the protagonist of the strange outcome, winning the game in the tenth inning after accidentally hitting the glove of the Venezuelan Receptor Carlos Narvaez during a check swing. The play, after review, was declared an interference of the receiver, allowing Sosa to take first base while the Brandon Marsh automatic corridor wrote down the victory career.
“To be honest, this feels exactly like a homer,” Sosa said through a translator. “The most important thing is that we won, and that was what we went out.”
A play that did not happen since 1971
According to MLB.com, the last time a match decided on an interference of the receiver in Walk-Off was on August 1, 1971. At that time, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Cincinnati’s reds when the legendary Johnny Bench committed the violation in front of the batter Willie Crawford.
More than 50 years later, the story is repeated with another rare name in the annotation sheets: “Interference of the receiver, driven race.”
The key error of the Venezuelan Narvaez
Carlos Narvaez, Boston receiver, was pointed out with his sixth error of the season – the second worse among all the MLB receptors – in addition to having committed a Passed Ball in the fourth entry that allowed Nick Castellanos to advance and then score the first race of the game.
“I don’t feel he was so close to the batter,” said Narvaez after the match. “Everything happened very fast. It is very hard for something like that to happen at that time. I assume responsibility. I have to do better.”
An end without putting the ball at stake
The most incredible thing is that the Philis won the game without connecting a single hit in the tenth entrance. Brandon Marsh started in Second by the automatic corridor rule. Otto Kemp received ball base when he tried to play. Then, an uncontrolled release of Jordan Hicks placed the runners in second and third.
Boston decided to give Max Kepler the intentional base to fill the bases. Then Sosa arrived, who went down in the 0-2 account, connected a foul and, in the next release, touched Narvaez’s glove with the bat.
Rob Thomson and Zack Wheeler couldn’t believe it
“There are two things this year that I had never seen in 40 years,” said Manager Rob Thomson. “One is a homer inside the park to win the game and the other is this: an interference of the receiver to finish a game.”
The opening pitcher Zack Wheeler was also stunned: “People always say ‘I had never seen that in a baseball field.’ Well, now there is one more. I wonder how many more times we can say that.”
Third Victoria Walk-Off of the Philis this year
This is the third victory for Walk-Off of the Philis in 2025. On April 29 they defeated Washington with an uncontrolled release. Then, on June 6, they beat the puppies with a marsh single in the eleventh. This, without a doubt, takes the prize to the strangest.
