The Philadelphia Phillies found a wild way to beat the Boston Red Sox on Monday night, as a catcher's interference call in the bottom of the 10th inning plated the winning run—much to the delight of the fans at Citizens Bank Park and to the amazement of the home team's announcers.
Edmundo Sosa was at the plate with the bases loaded when he checked his swing on a pitch that was outside the strike zone and called a ball. He quickly motioned to the home plate umpire that his bat hit Carlos Narvaez's glove. The call was immediately challenged and after a bit of a delay while replay officials looked it over, the ruling was made that it was in fact catcher's interference and the winning run crossed the plate.
This was the first time since 1971 that a game was ended by a catcher's interference call and Phillies announcer Tom McCarthy had a perfect reaction to it, saying: "Baseball is amazing" as Brandon Marsh scored the winning run.
Here's that moment, with McCarthy and John Kruk breaking it all down live on the Phillies' broadcast.
A weird ending in Philadelphia as the Phillies beat the Red Sox on a walk-off catcher's interference.
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 22, 2025
This is what the ending sounded like on NBC Sports Philadelphia, with Tom McCarthy and John Kruk. pic.twitter.com/gRn8SSSMx8
You gotta love baseball. Well, unless you're a Red Sox fan after that ending.
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