Colorado Rockies Fan's Big Mistake Costs Team Walk-Off HR
A Colorado Rockies fan robbed the team of a walk-off home run win after reaching for the ball and interfering with the play.
Tied at zero in the bottom of the ninth inning, Rockies catcher Jacob Stallings hit a deep shot to left-center field off Seattle Mariners' Ryne Stanek. A Rockies fan in the ball's trajectory reached out, missed the catch and poked the ball back into play with their glove.
The Rockies needed that…desperately.
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The officials reviewed the play and deemed it an interference, with Seattle's Dylan Moore in proximity, reaching for the ball.
Falling just a couple of inches above Moore's glove, the ball could've landed in the seats without the obstructing fan. Stallings' at-bat ended in an out instead of the game-winning score, reasonably ticking off the 34-year-old as he tried to make a case for the fan's error.
DENVER, CO - APRIL 21: Seattle Mariners outfielder Dylan Moore (25) reacts as the ball falls to the ground on a play that was a potential game-winning ninth-inning homerun off the bat of catcher Jacob Stallings (25) of the Colorado Rockies that was ruled a flyout due to fan interference by the front row fan during a game between the Seattle Mariners and the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on April 21, 2024 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
DENVER, COLORADO - APRIL 21: Jacob Stallings #25 of the Colorado Rockies and manager Bud Black #10 discuss a call with umpire Gabe Morales #47 after Stallings being ruled out on a fan interference call while playing the Seattle Mariners in the ninth inning during game one of a double header at Coors Field on April 21, 2024 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
Riding a six-game losing slide coming into Sunday's game against the Mariners, Coors Field would've boomed at the sight of a walk-off home run win.
The game went to extra innings, with both teams still sitting at a goose egg.
Rockies fans ultimately settled for a 2-1 win after 10 innings. The fan was lucky to leave Coors Field in one piece after nearly costing the home team the game. No one's safe at Coors; ask Rockies mascot Dinger, who was knocked over by a wild fan at a home game during the 2023 season, for no apparent reason.
The extra-innings matchup was the first of a Sunday doubleheader between the Rockies and Mariners.
Seattle answered with vengeance, beating the Rockies, 10-2, in Sunday's Game 2.
The Rockies faithful must be at a boiling point with this team's start to the 2024 season. The Rockies shamefully hold a 5-17 record, the worst in the NL.
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