What no-hitter? Rays’ Chandler Simpson understood he had a single
TAMPA– Chandler Simpson didn’t see what all the debate was.The rapid novice
“certainly “felt he was going to be safe initially even if Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt made a clean play and toss to pitcher Max Fried on the sixth-inning grounder that would have been the Rays’ very first hit of the day Sunday.
“I took a look at Fried when I was running, due to the fact that on the play on my very first (at-bat) he kind of beat me there,” Simpson stated. “But on that one (in the sixth), I kind of taken a look at him, understood I had some space, so I knew I was going to exist.”
Goldschmidt booted the ball, so there was no play. When main scorer Bill Mathews at first ruled it a mistake, Simpson simply kind of shrugged.
“I believed it was a hit at first,” he stated, “and after that somebody came up to me and was like, ‘They didn’t provide it a hit; it was an error.’ And I was like, ‘Truly?'”
In the official scorer’s estimation, it was “very obvious” Chandler Simpson would have beaten this out if Paul Goldschmidt had actually handled it easily, so it is now a hit. pic.twitter.com/rgAqgdL4Fr!.?.!— Bryan Hoch(@BryanHoch)April
20, 2025 In the middle of the 8th inning, with
the no-hitter still intact, Mathews revealed a modification, describing that after taking several take a look at the replay it was”really apparent the runner would have beaten any throw”to very first base.Simpson, who got his first big-league hit and RBI Saturday, stated he was preparing to bat third in the 8th inning when hitting coach Chad Mottola informed him of the change.” I’m like, ‘Oh, wow,’ “Simpson said.”So, yeah, it was great.”It ended up being less of a problem when Jake Mangum opened the eighth with a clean single to center, giving the Rays two hits.Simpson, who took 104 bases in the minors last season, then reached on a displace and swiped second base for his first big-league take.”A lot of definitely felt genuine excellent, and ideally there’s more to come,” he said.Pepiot’s hard day