DENVER (AP) — Cody Bellinger homered over the fence for an RBI single and an out.
It looked as confusing as it sounds.
On an afternoon Bellinger had a homer negated due to a baserunning mistake, the Colorado Rockies played plenty of small ball to beat the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 on Thursday in their season opener.
The Rockies scored runs courtesy of a squeeze play, two wild pitches, a groundout, an error and three RBI singles.
No long ball in this game.
Well, one, but it didn’t count.
Bellinger lined what appeared to be a two-run homer to left-center in the third inning. The ball hit off the glove of outfielder Raimel Tapia and bounded over the fence. Justin Turner was on first base at the time and, believing the ball was caught, retreated back to the bag. Bellinger passed Turner in the confusion and the umpires ruled Bellinger out.
“I don’t think there was blame to be placed,” manager Dave Roberts said. “They kind of got crossed.
“I don’t think it’s going to happen again this year.”
Rockies manager Bud Black wasn’t sure if he had ever seen that sort of situation.
“It’s rare you see that home run and then the batter/runner pass the fellow who was on base,” Black said. “But it happened today.”
Officially, Bellinger was credited with a single and an RBI, but no home run. Rockies second baseman Chris Owings picked up the putout on the crazy play for being the closest fielder.
Colorado started off on the right foot against Clayton Kershaw and the perennial NL West-champion Dodgers, who owned a 22-7 record over the Rockies the last two seasons.
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