Is a ball that (allegedly) goes over the fence a house run if nobody sees it go over the fence?
That’s the query everybody across the Southeastern Convention is asking after a weird set of occasions in Columbia, Mo., late Friday evening/early Saturday morning.
With Vanderbilt trailing Missouri 7-6 with runners on first and second and two outs within the high of the ninth, left fielder Braden Holcomb hit a ball deep into the right-center subject hole. The issue? Nobody might see the ball by way of the heavy fog.
THIS IS WILD.
Vanderbilt hit, in accordance with them a go forward HR, in accordance with Mizzou a ground-rule double. Based on the trackman information, it was a HR, however umpires after evaluate rule it a floor rule double. Recreation suspended, to be resumed tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/VR0ViaBKDi
— 11Point7 Faculty Baseball (@11point7) Might 9, 2026
The Commodores assumed it was a house run, giving them a 9-7 lead. One umpire signaled it was a house run.
1. That isn’t how the rule works, even when there wasn’t a name on the sphere.
2. There was a name on the sphere, about midway into this video.
Calling it a floor rule doubles is successfully overturning the decision on the sphere. https://t.co/KCkAbfgUH6 pic.twitter.com/eq9y5glIhE
— CJ Olson (@CJOlsonFB) Might 9, 2026
And information from Trackman appeared to agree, indicating the ball traveled 379 ft with a launch angle of 18 levels.
340 down the traces and 375 to the facility alleys, so in concept 379 must be gone both approach https://t.co/9BXWDWJqMU
— Aria Gerson (@aria_gerson) Might 9, 2026
However the play was reviewed and dominated a ground-rule double. Two of the three runs had been taken off the scoreboard, leading to a 7-7 tie with runners on second and third.
The sport was suspended and can resume at 5 p.m. ET on Saturday.
The SEC issued the next assertion on Saturday morning: “In the course of the high of the ninth with runners on first and second base, the batter hit a ball to proper middle subject that was tough to find because of poor visibility. Upon conferring as a crew, the umpires dominated that the play was a floor rule double, scoring the runner from second base. After video evaluate, the decision on the sphere was upheld as no video proof was accessible to overturn the decision because of low visibility. Play was then suspended because of visibility situations and might be resumed right this moment at 4 p.m. within the high of the ninth with two outs, runners on second and third, and a rating of 7-7.”
The controversial high of the ninth adopted a bullpen implosion from Vanderbilt within the backside of the eighth. The Commodores had been seemingly in full management and held a 6-1 lead, however Missouri scored six runs, together with two on bases-loaded walks, within the dwelling half of the eighth to take a 7-6 lead.
This can be a pivotal collection for Vanderbilt, which is 10-14 within the SEC and in jeopardy of lacking the NCAA Event for the primary time since 2005.
