The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Mets 6-5 on a walk-off double from All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman in the bottom of the 10th inning on Tuesday night. Unfortunately for the Mets, left fielder Brandon Nimmo had a chance to make a play on the ball, which sliced to the opposite field off of Freeman's bat, but seemed to misjudge the sidespin as the ball dropped in for a hit.
Did Nimmo believe the ball, which Statcast says would have been a home run in 10 out of 30 ballparks, was a home run, as Freeman said in the postgame? Or was it a simple mistake?
