Rockies' Stallings loses walk-off HR due to fan interference
Colorado Rockies catcher Jacob Stallings thought he beat the Seattle Mariners on Sunday with a walk-off home run before he was ultimately called out following video review due to fan interference.
What should have been a walk-off home run for Jacob Stallings was called an out due to fan interference pic.twitter.com/yL9Pj6yGTo
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"I was hoping for the best - I thought it might have been a homer off the bat," Stallings said, according to Thomas Harding of MLB.com. "I wasn’t really sure what was going on. I saw the ball come back on the field, so I just thought it hit the fence or something."
The round-tripper would've been Stallings' first with the Rockies after joining the club in the offseason on a one-year contract.
The Rockies ended up winning the first game of the doubleheader 2-1 in extras thanks to an RBI single by Ryan McMahon in the 10th inning:
This is what dreams are made of #Rockies x @denvermattress pic.twitter.com/GGTz0vY7gx
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) April 21, 2024
The Mariners claimed the second contest by a score of 10-2.