New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried had a no-hitter going late into Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays, and he lost it after a controversial scoring change.
Fried did not allow a hit through 6 1/3 innings at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida. The first hit for the Rays came when outfielder Chandler Simpson chopped a ground ball to the right side of the infield. Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt booted the ball and was initially charged with an error.
Fried still thought he had not allowed a hit for several more batters. By the time the left-hander took the mound in the eighth inning, scorekeepers had changed the Simpson ground ball from an error to a hit.
It was apparently determined that Simpson would have beaten the throw to first even if Goldschmidt had come up with the ground ball.
