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Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Richie Palacios tags out the Giants\u2019 Casey Schmitt as he attempts to steal second base in the fourth inning Saturday in St. Petersburg, Fla.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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San Francisco Giants pitcher Landen Roupp delivers to othe Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 2, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo\/Chris O’Meara)<\/p>\n
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Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Chandler Simpson can’t make the catch on an RBI double by San Francisco Giants’ Rafael Devers during the sixth inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 2, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo\/Chris O’Meara)<\/p>\n
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.\u00a0\u2014 This is how bad things are going for the San Francisco Giants<\/a>: even when they \u00a0hit a homer, it doesn\u2019t count.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the second inning of the Giants\u2019 5-1 loss Saturday, Heliot Ramos<\/a> hit a drive to center that appeared to deflect off Tropicana Field\u2019s lower catwalk, which according to the ground rules, would be a home run.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was way gone off the bat,\u201d Ramos said. \u201cIt was a moonshot. There was no way that was not a homer.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Center fielder Cedric\u00a0Mullins, too, played it as if it suddenly changed direction, going back to the wall and then darting forward. Statcast initially measured the drive at 424 feet\u00a0\u2014 which was revised to 385 feet. Mullins said afterward that he didn\u2019t think the baseball had hit the catwalk, but Ramos said,\u00a0 \u201cThe reaction Mullins had, he went back and then came in like the wind was blowing real hard.\u201d\u00a0Ramos added, without stating the obvious: There\u2019s no wind in a dome. \u201cIt was crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n Crew chief\u00a0Vic Carapazza, who was at second base and closest to the play, ruled it a catch. He said he thought it was a catch, noting: \u201cI\u2019ve seen guys run back before and run in if they misjudge or whatnot.\u201d<\/p>\n San Francisco Chronicle Logo<\/p>\n Make us a Preferred Source to get more of our news when you search.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The Giants requested a crew chief review and, with inadequate camera coverage of the catwalk even with all the work done on the re-roofed Trop, the replay crew in New York ruled that the call on the field stood.\u00a0Carapazza said the review crew told him that there nothing definitive they could see to change the call.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Asked about the Statcast revision from 424 feet to 385 feet, something the replay room should have access to, Carapazza said, \u201cI have no idea what you\u2019re talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe umpire (Carapazza) said sorry to me,\u201d Ramos said. \u201cBut I think it was a pretty obvious call. It was a homer no matter what. The bullpen is close by, and they said it was a homer. Honestly, I give (the umpires) the benefit of the doubt, but I can\u2019t on this one. That was pretty tough and that\u2019s how you kill momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n For the Giants, who ended a 16-inning scoreless drought with Rafael Devers<\/a>\u2019 RBI double in the sixth inning and who haven\u2019t homered through five games on this trip, things boiled over. Manager\u00a0Tony Vitello<\/a> came out to discuss things with home-plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt, who engaged in some words with Vitello before ejecting two unlikely candidates: director of pitching Frank Anderson and Adrian Houser<\/a>, who\u2019d started Friday night\u2019s game and played for the Rays last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n On video, Wendelstedt said what appeared to be, \u201cWho do you think you are?\u201d and the Chronicle learned that he directed that to Anderson, who like\u00a0Vitello came from the college ranks.<\/p>\n There were some derisive remarks directed to both from the umpires, according to Vitello.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cIt all kind of got pretty hot pretty quick,\u201d\u00a0Vitello said. \u201cI was just trying to figure out, \u2018Can we take a look at it and and what can be done from there?\u2019 And then I kind of blacked out, to be honest with you, amongst all the extra riffraff, after something about, \u2018rah rah\u2019 and \u2018pom\u00a0poms\u2019 which I assume was something to do with either college or my behavior in the dugout.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked about the ejections, Carapazza responded that once a review is decided, no arguments are allowed \u201cand they continued to argue.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>
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