Padres Lose Playoff Game In One Of Craziest Ways Possible — If Not Craziest Ever

Andrew Powell Sun, October 4, 2026 at 8:16 AM UTC

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Padres Lose Playoff Game In One Of Craziest Ways Possible — If Not Craziest Ever ©(Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images)

What the hell did I just see?

Ty France, a first baseman for the San Diego Padres, initially thought that he popped out a go-ahead home run in the ninth inning of Saturday night's NLDS Game 1 against the Milwaukee Brewers.

But the baseball gods had other ideas.

As the ball sailed high—and we're talkinghigh—and toward left field, it ended up hitting a roof cable and dropped right into the glove of Brewers left fielder Jackson Chourio for an out. (RELATED: Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith Declares Himself 'Best Player In Country' After Another Record-Setting Day)

A disappointed France could only watch in disbelief, because according to the ground rules of the stadium, a fair ball that makes contact with anything joined to the roof is active.

Milwaukee went on to win the game, 3-2.

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"It's a game-changing swing," said France, per ESPN. "I haven't really been able to fully process that, but yeah, it's a game-changing swing."

WATCH:

Padres fans will cry robbery, but the elements of baseball are the elements of baseball.

The sport has never been played in a cookie-cutter dome. The Green Monster robs home runs and gives up cheap wall-scraping doubles; Wrigley's ivy swallows baseballs whole; and the catwalks at the old Tropicana Field tortured outfielders for decades.

Quirks and brutal homefield advantage have always been baked into baseball's DNA. Simply put: You play the ballpark you're in.

Both teams get handed the exact same rulebook before the series starts, and each knows that the roof structure is in play. Sounds like equal ground to me.

I'm with the baseball purists on this one ... no foul here—play ball!

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