Yankees Beat Orioles 5-3 as Alonso’s 410-Foot Foul Call Stands
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Updated · MLB.com · Aug 20
Yankees Beat Orioles 5-3 as Alonso’s 410-Foot Foul Call Stands
3 articles · Updated · MLB.com · Aug 20
Summary
A tied 3-3 game flipped in the seventh and eighth after replay let stand a foul call on Pete Alonso’s towering drive, and New York went on to hand Baltimore a 5-3 loss.
Alonso’s shot left the bat at 107.1 mph and carried a projected 410 feet, but MLB’s Replay Operations Center said no angle definitively showed it left the field in fair territory.
Baltimore manager Craig Albernaz said dugout ball-tracking visuals made the ruling surprising, while Alonso called the moment a real momentum swing even as he said the team had to move on.
George Lombard Jr.’s RBI infield single and a Yennier Cano wild pitch produced the Yankees’ two eighth-inning runs after Cam Sanders loaded the bases.
The Orioles fell to 61-66, lost their third straight and remained 1 1/2 games out of the final AL Wild Card spot despite Alonso’s earlier 30th homer.