Watch: Red Sox fan interferes with Angels' game-tying run

With all due respect to David Ortiz and Mookie Betts, the most valuable contribution to Boston's winning effort over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday at Fenway Park came from a fan sitting by the Pesky Pole.

With Mike Trout representing the tying run at first in the top of the ninth, Daniel Nava lined a shot into right off Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel that deflected high off the wall on a bounce. Though the ball appeared to be heading back into play, a fan reached out and grabbed it, stopping Trout at third on what was deemed a ground-rule double.

Though Angels manager Mike Scioscia challenged the call - a fan interference call would've allowed Trout to score - the replay official in New York upheld the ruling on the field, keeping Trout at third.

C.J. Cron grounded out in the following at-bat, giving the Red Sox a 5-4 victory.

"It's a joke," Scioscia told Pedro Moura of the Los Angeles Times of the replay decision. "That's a brutal call for whoever's back in NY looking at it."

(Video courtesy: MLB.com)