A game-changing three-run Oral Roberts homer against TCU led to an embarrassing, on-air blunder during ESPN’s telecast of Game 1 of the College World Series on Friday.
The untimely error came courtesy of ESPN play-by-play commentator Karl Ravech as he delivered a thunderous call of a clutch, go-ahead home run from Oral Roberts senior Blaze Brothers in the top of the ninth inning.
Brothers’s moonshot catapulted the Eagles to a 6–5 lead over the Horned Frogs, a moment that seemingly lifted the team to victory given the raucous reaction. However, just as Ravech finished his call, the veteran announcer realized mid-sentence that the home run only gave ORU the lead, not the win.
