Watch: Yolmer Sanchez awarded bizarre HR at Tropicana Field
Yolmer Sanchez hits the invisible catwalk and is awarded a home run for no reason pic.twitter.com/5fJIS7xvWS
— MLB Insider Dinger (@atf13atf) June 6, 2017
Um, sure.
Chicago White Sox second baseman Yolmer Sanchez led off Tuesday's game against Chris Archer and the Tampa Bay Rays with a fly ball that took a left turn at Albuquerque, landed in center field, and was then called a home run.
The ball didn't travel too high, and didn't visibly connect with one of Tropicana Field's patented catwalks, but seemed to redirect in midair. Or, Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier simply overran it.
Um, nothing from The Trop ceilings are only 63 feet from the playing surface. Good job, replay.... pic.twitter.com/K58BIkSxGz
— Jason Collette (@jasoncollette) June 6, 2017
Either way, Sanchez was awarded a home run - even after replay - though he only managed to reach third base during the actual play.