It’s not often in a baseball game that a team loses as a result of a game-tying home run at the bottom of the final inning, but that’s exactly what happened to the Missouri S&T Miners this week, thanks to what appears to be a horrible call from the umpires at the end of the game.
The Miners were trailing Wayne State by a score of 6-5 with two outs at the bottom of the seventh inning – which was the final inning of the game due to a double header – when infielder Chase Burgess hit a solo home run that appeared to tie the game at 6-6. But then, the home-plate umpire ruled that he failed to step on home plate and called him out, ending the game.
“Take a look at the final play of the @Miners_BSB game yesterday. Where Chase Burgess hits a bomb to tie it in the 7th (last inning). The home plate ump claims he missed home and that’s the ball game. What do y’all think?” Stephen Schoch said on Twitter, while sharing the video.
It appears to be an absolutely terrible call from the umpire as Burgess quite clearly jumps right on home plate and it can be seen easily from several camera angles.
As a result, the baseball world absolutely blasted the umpire on Twitter.
“The umps wasn’t looking at home to see him ‘miss’ the plate. In the grand scheme that’s a really dumb rule,” White Sox podcaster Herb Lawrence said.
“Worse than getting walked in,” one baseball fan said.
“If you think this is a good job by the umpire: you are the reason baseball is dying,” another fan said.
It’s certainly a tough way to lose a baseball game.
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