The Phillies and Braves were tied 6-6 in the ninth on Sunday Night Baseball when things unraveled for Atlanta. Alec Bohm led off the inning with a double, moved to third on a groundout, then tried to score on a Dee Strange-Gordon sacrifice fly. Marcell Ozuna made a solid throw home and it looked like Bohm’s foot never touched the plate. He was called safe. Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud and pitcher Will Smith didn’t buy it. Even on replay, Bohm’s foot appears to hover above the plate before sliding past without contact. Multiple angles showed no clear touch.
Still, after review, the call stood. Braves manager Brian Snitker came out furious but stopped short of getting tossed. He seemed to tell the umpires he knew the fault wasn’t theirs but pointed out everyone watching could plainly see it wasn’t a score. The Phillies took the lead and Héctor Neris shut it down in the ninth. Atlanta lost 7-6 and left dragging yet another blown call through the replay system. The decision lit up debate again about how MLB handles reviews. Critics argue that if the origin of the replay is to question the ump’s initial call, that judgment shouldn’t still be the default when video review falls just short of 100 percent certainty. In this case, technology showed Bohm never touched home, but the league left the original call alone. It’s not the first time replay failed to correct a clear miss, and players, managers, and fans are asking why it keeps happening.