Red Sox manager Alex Cora had his night cut short in Thursday’s game against the Royals after an odd home-run call.
With the Red Sox trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh and two Royals runners on base, catcher Salvador Pérez hit a screaming line drive down the left-field line. The ball bounced off an ambiguous part of the foul pole and caromed into left field.
If the ball was ruled fair but not a homer, two runs would have scored comfortably, and Pérez might have gotten to third. Instead, after an umpire review, the hit was ruled a homer.