For once, people are complaining about a ball that didn't go out of Minute Maid Park.
Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers was robbed of a home run in the second inning Saturday against the Astros because he hit the ball too high.
Yes, you read that right, he hit it too high.
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The Boston infielder had to settle for a double on a drive that came off the bat at 105 mph because the ball bounced off a girder of Minute Maid Park's roof and landed in the field of play.
When a ball hits a girder in the field of play at the park, it is a live ball and defenders play it where it lands. If it lands in foul territory, the ball is dead. In this instance, it was a live ball and not a home run as it landed inside the right-field foul line.
The ball was projected by Statcast to travel 363 feet and for a home run into the right-field seats. Devers instead wound up at second base. Boston failed to score in the inning and the game remained tied 0-0.
Here is photo evidence of the damage the girder did to the ball:
Here’s the scratch mark from the Minute Maid Park roof girder on the Rafael Devers double. This is the first time a ball has been MLB authenticated after striking the roof for a hit. pic.twitter.com/nfk1igZWJH
— Mike Acosta (@AstrosTalk) May 25, 2019
Here is video evidence of the bounce:
— Red Sox Stats (@redsoxstats) May 25, 2019
This is not the first time a ball's flight has been altered by Minute Maid Park's roof and it won't be the last, and while Devers has a complaint, he doesn't have nearly as big of one as Mike Schmidt when it comes to roof balls in Houston.
In 1974, back when the Astros played in the Astrodome, the Hall of Fame Phillies third baseman hit a ball that was projected to fly more than 500 feet, but it struck a speaker and fell back to the Astroturf. Schmidt wound up with a single.