What Happens when a Baseball Is Lodged in the Outfield? MLB’s Dead Ball Rule Explained

Dead Ball could become another infamous Game 6 call

It is amazing how a stuck ball has captured headlines around the world, and like all good controversies, the conspiracies are already starting.

SIMMONS: Were Blue Jays robbed? 'The ball wasn't lodged in the fence. I saw it.'

Were Blue Jays robbed? "The ball wasn't lodged in the fence," said Jays infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa. "I saw it."

What happens when a baseball is lodged in the outfield? MLB’s dead ball rule explained

The Toronto Blue Jays had a chance to either tie or win in the ninth inning of Game 6 of the World Series Friday night, but a lodged ball in the outfield had a hand in stopping that from happening.

Why Barger was given a double after the ball got stuck

Addison Barger almost blew the roof off the Rogers Centre when it appeared to many that he hit a two-run, game-tying inside the park home run in the ninth inning.

Barger’s hit gets lodged in wall padding, ruled as double after review

Watch as Addison Barger gets a good hit on the ball, but it gets lodged underneath the outfield wall padding, causing the players and umpires to stop the play, and it is ruled as a double after review.