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Charles Curtis

An extremely questionable no-swing call led directly to a Red Sox game-winning grand slam

Was this a missed call? Or right on the borderline?

You’ll make the call when you see it.

Luis Urias, acquired by the Boston Red Sox at the trade deadline, had a 3-2 count on him in the bottom of the ninth inning and his teammates on first and second. With two outs in a tie game, he might have been thinking about getting the game-winning hit, when the pitch came up high.

He started to swing and pulled back. But … did he? It sure looked like he barely came around, yet the first base umpire ruled a NO.

The very next at-bat? The game-winning grand slam from Pablo Reyes. Ouch:

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