The Mets and Phillies ended Sunday Night Baseball with a wild finish. The Mets led 8-5 in the bottom of the ninth, but Rhys Hoskins came up with two on and a chance to tie the game. Earlier, Hoskins made a lazy throw that allowed the Mets to score the tying run, and now he had a shot at redemption. After working the count to 2-1, he smashed a ball to deep right. Phillies fans and players thought it was gone. Hoskins started celebrating, but Mets players scrambled for the ball, signaling it was still live.
Confusion spread all over. Hoskins stopped at second, unsure if it was a homer. The umpires initially called it a home run and let him round the bases. The crowd exploded. But then came the review. The camera angles showed the ball hit the top railing beneath the home run line. It didn’t clear it. The seats didn’t move, and the contact point was clearly short of a homer. After a long check, the umps reversed the call. Hoskins was placed on second, two runs scored, but the game stayed 8-7. He got pinch-run for, and the rally fizzled. Mets held on for the win.
Hoskins went from goat to hero and right back again in just a few minutes. What looked like a game-tying home run turned into one of the crueler replay reversals of the year.