Rangers' Odor has steal of home spoiled by balk call

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Tim Heitman / USA TODAY Sports

Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor cleanly swiped home plate during Tuesday's game against the Detroit Tigers, though the stolen base won't show up in the box score.

Odor, who already stole second base in the inning, bolted down the third-base line with two outs in the seventh and slid into home safely. However, home-plate umpire John Tumpane ruled that Tigers reliever Daniel Stumpf balked on the play.

The call still allowed Odor to score on the play, but negated the stolen base.

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