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Reds robbed Giants with an obvious non-catch called an out that they didn't challenge originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants generated headlines on Thursday for their hit-by-pitch and bench-clearing antics.
That overshadowed a really weird moment where the Reds didn't catch the ball, the umpires said they did, and the Giants didn't challenge.
Luis Arraez hit a sinking liner to centerfield, and TJ Friedl ranged over and dove for it.
The ball initially went in his glove, but it popped out as he went to the ground.
The baseball clearly, in slow-motion replay, hit the ground before Friedl then gathered it in with his bare hand.
It was ruled an out. Arraez even tipped his cap to Friedl as he left the field. And there was no challenge.
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Is there some element where if the ball is in the glove long enough it could be an out? Sure, but that almost certainly wasn't the case here.
Somehow, no one noticed what happened.
Friedl surely knew, but he just sort of casually tossed the ball back in, making it look like he had taken care of business.
In the end, it didn't matter. The Giants won the game anyway, so this base runner didn't matter. But it certainly could've in an alternate scenario, and it's simply odd that no one noticed this.
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