Official Site of the Pirates · Jul 22, 2015
Marte's homer on odd bounce overturned to double
Marte's double 5:19 7/21/15: The umpires review Starling Marte's possible home run in the 2nd inning and after review, the call is overturned for a doubleKANSAS CITY -- When is a ball that goes over the fence without landing anywhere on the field not a home run? When it takes a crazy spin off the top of the wall that carries it out.
The weird play happened in the second inning of the Pirates-Royals game on Tuesday night. Starling Marte led off the inning with a smash into the left-field corner that caromed off the curving wall -- and over the adjoining bullpen fence at Kauffman Stadium.