Overview
- In the first inning on Sunday, June 14, Braves outfielder Mike Yastrzemski fielded a ball in the left-field corner and his throw hit a stanchion holding Citi Field’s protective netting, ricocheted back into play, and was ruled an error.
- The carom kept the ball live long enough for Jared Young to score, producing an extra run that became part of New York’s four-run rally in the inning.
- The poles were installed when the Mets extended protective netting down both foul lines in 2017, and those supports almost never affect the course of a play, which makes this deflection unusual.
- Broadcasters and social accounts circulated video clips of the sequence, and multiple outlets described the play as a fluky or possibly unprecedented defensive error.
- There has been no reported official protest, rule clarification, or stadium-policy change so far, but the play raises practical questions about how fixed netting fixtures are treated under existing live-ball rules and is likely to draw further league attention.