Padres' Xander Bogaerts loses homer on fan interference call - ESPN

SAN DIEGO — Xander Bogaerts of the San Diego Padres had a home run overturned due to fan interference, and manager Mike Shildt was ejected for coming out of the dugout to talk to the umpires in the second inning of Monday night's game against the San Francisco Giants.

The call turned out to be critical because the Padres lost 4-3.

Bogaerts hit a flyball to left field that appeared to bounce out of Heliot Ramos' glove and over the wall as two fans, including one in a Giants shirt, reached for it. The ball might have clipped one of the fans' arms and, after a lengthy review, the home run call was overturned and Bogaerts was called out. Shildt was ejected immediately when he came out of the dugout.

Fans booed the rest of the inning.

«No contact. It was a big run. Huge,» Shildt said. «Listen, I don't bark at the league a lot, but the definition that we got from replay was that it was clear that there was some impediment that took place. Clearly, he didn't touch the baseball.… And if it's so clear, how come it takes 2 minutes, 40 seconds to figure it out? What are you looking for? If it's so clear, overturn it early, and if it's not, it's a home run.

»That's just really disappointing to go that long and have to come up with a conclusion that's not conclusive to overturn a home run. It cost us an opportunity to win a baseball game.… I had a lot of time on my hands, and if you can find an angle where the fan touched the baseball, I'd like to see it."

Ramos wasn't surprised the call was overturned.

«I did think I had it easier than that, but whenever I was about to catch it, I saw his arm was over me, kind of him, so I'm guessing it hit the arm or something,» he said. «I saw the replay and it only shows the guy on the bottom, it