With the Los Angeles Dodgers looking to complete an 11th walk-off win this season, A.J. Pollock appeared to be hit in the left wrist by a fastball from Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher.
The ball went into the air and was caught by Carson Kelly, who hit tying and game-winning home runs. Despite Pollock’s immediate reaction suggesting otherwise, home-plate umpire Ramon De Jesus ruled the ball hit off the knob of the bat and awarded the Diamondbacks with an out.
The Dodgers’ challenge of the call proved futile. “I have an EvoShield that I tape up, and it hit about 60% of that and 40% of my bone,” Pollock said after the Dodgers’ loss.