Fish ‘n’ trip around bases erases HR

MIAMI — Catcher J.T. Realmuto called it the longest single of his life. Center fielder Marcell Ozuna and first-base coach Perry Hill each called it their faults. And the fact that Miami held on for a 4-1 win over the Brewers on Monday night at Marlins Park allowed everyone involved to brush off one of the strangest overturned home runs you will see.

In the second inning, Realmuto launched a 409-foot drive that cleared the wall in center field, but his would-be two-run homer was overturned to an RBI single because he passed Ozuna at first base.

The rare call cost Realmuto a home run and second RBI. Because he passed Ozuna on the play, an out at first was called.

“It was just an honest mistake,” Realmuto said. “I was not looking at Ozuna, because I was watching the ball. He was thinking it was going to be caught in center field, and trying to tag, and make a hustle play, really. Trying to tag and make it to second base. It’s inconvenient that it happened, but there is no bad blood anywhere.”

The last time a home run was overturned for passing the baserunner, according to Retrosheet.org, was on April 16, 2006. Javy Lopez of the Orioles was guilty of passing the runner at first.

Ozuna took the mistake hard, and repeatedly apologized to Realmuto and his teammates.

“My mistake,” Ozuna said. “Because I was tagging. I took away the home run from him and that cost one run. I said, ‘Sorry.’ I feel bad. I apologized. It’s not going to …

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