A nail-biting baseball game came down to the wire between Vanderbilt and Missouri.
Only issue? An insane amount of fog poured into the stadium, causing chaos on what could’ve been the winning play.
THIS IS WILD.
Vanderbilt hit, according to them a go ahead HR, according to Mizzou a ground-rule double. According to the trackman data, it was a HR, but umpires after review rule it a ground rule double. Game suspended, to be resumed tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/VR0ViaBKDi
— 11Point7 College Baseball (@11point7) May 9, 2026
Vanderbilt claims they hit a home run. Trackman data agreed. But Missouri and the Umpire crew concurred on a ground-rule double, keeping the game alive.
We won’t know for sure what happened, but we do know that fog can cause unruly chaos in college baseball, where the infrastructure lacks a proper replay system.
After further investigation. Look at where the pitch clock is in relation to the pine trees in RCF. Now look at where the Mizzou player is standing and pointing.
I set the measurement a little more towards centerfield for ‘margin of error’ and its measured at 368 ft. Trackman… https://t.co/MvydXCOTGW pic.twitter.com/hA9KkUpJgJ
— 11Point7 College Baseball (@11point7) May 9, 2026
Fans pointed out that, based on Trackman data, the play should’ve been ruled a home run. We’re not sure what the Umps were looking at in their review.
Perhaps some gamesmanship?
If this was really a HR and the Mizzou RF just said screw it and put his hands up to pretend it was a ground-rule double then this is one of the most galaxy brain moves in the history of sports
Just the possibility of it has raised my opinion of the Univ of Missouri by like 15% https://t.co/eZAot9n5BK
— Graham Coffey (@GrahamCoffeyDC) May 9, 2026
The rest of the internet was up in arms over the play.
We are living in a simulation https://t.co/UlkFjkLm6w
— Jack DeLongchamps (@JDelongchamps) May 9, 2026
This is the most Missouri thing ever. High school level nonsense https://t.co/IPcjThvV78
— Eric Sisson (@ESisson7) May 9, 2026
Missouri is a 3rd world athletic department https://t.co/gooAXi0cAY
— Gurney Hallack & Associates (@PFF_dril) May 9, 2026
Should the play of counted as a home run?
