{"id":1012357,"date":"2026-08-20T07:19:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1012357\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:19:24","slug":"apparent-pete-alonso-homer-vs-yankees-ruled-foul-in-controversial-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1012357\/","title":{"rendered":"Apparent Pete Alonso homer vs. Yankees ruled foul in controversial call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BALTIMORE \u2014 The Yankees certainly seem to have caught a break against the Orioles.<\/p>\n<p>Pete Alonso, along with all of his teammates in the Orioles dugout, was sure he\u2019d hit a dramatic, go-ahead homer in the bottom of the seventh of a tie game Wednesday night against the Yankees at Camden Yards.<\/p>\n<p>In near Carlton Fisk-fashion after crushing a pitch from lefty Brent Headrick, Alonso watched the ball as he walked down the first base line.<\/p>\n<p>The ball seemingly sailed over the left field foul pole.<\/p>\n<p>He flipped his bat away, convinced he\u2019d just hit his 30th homer of the season \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/19\/sports\/pete-alonso-wont-muster-any-spite-ahead-of-upcoming-citi-field-return\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">and second of the night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, home plate umpire Ryan Wills called the ball foul, much to Alonso\u2019s disgust.<\/p>\n<p>After a lengthy replay delay, the call stood and to make matters worse for Baltimore, the Yankees scratched out two runs in the eighth <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/19\/sports\/yankees-grind-out-win-over-orioles-in-game-full-of-twists-and-turns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">en route to a 5-3 win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40422657\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rounds-bases-hitting-home-run-137923896.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Alonso, wearing a white Baltimore Orioles uniform with number 25, rounding the bases after hitting a home run.\" class=\"wp-image-40422657\"\/>Pete Alonso rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the third inning of the Yankees\u2019 5-3 win over the Orioles on August 19, 2026, in Baltimore. AP Photo\/Stephanie Scarbrough<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tYankees Merch Shop\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tNew York Post receives revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and when you make a purchase.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A livid Alonso, who\u2019d homered in the third inning off Will Warren, was forced to continue the at-bat.<\/p>\n<p>He eventually went down swinging to keep the game tied.<\/p>\n<p>As he walked back to the dugout, Alonso had words with Wills, but remained in the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BALTIMORE \u2014 The Yankees certainly seem to have caught a break against the Orioles. Pete Alonso, along with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1012358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[1276,1266,2228,3687,62,168328,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1012357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-pete-alonso","tag-sports","tag-umpires","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117126627179957808","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1012358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}