Rays benefit from a missed call on the basepaths in World Series Game 4

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Rays benefit from a missed call on the basepaths in World Series Game 4

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated Oct 27, 2026 11:59 PM ET

The Tampa Bay Rays got a Hamburger Helper during Tuesday’s game.

Tampa Bay hosted the Milwaukee Brewers for Game 4 of the 2026 World Series on Tuesday. During the fourth inning at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., the Rays had a runner on second with one out as outfielder Jonny DeLuca batted.

DeLuca hit a dribbler to Brewers third baseman David Hamilton, who fielded the ball and tried to tag out lead runner Junior Caminero, who ducked out of the way. Hamilton then fired a desperation throw to first to try to get DeLuca, but it sailed wide of the bag, allowing Caminero to score.

But the footage showed that Caminero appeared to be clearly out of the basepaths as he avoided the tag and even had a foot or two on the infield grass. With the (no) call non-reviewable by rule however, Caminero was able to score the second run of the game for Tampa Bay thanks to the umpiring miss.

Rays took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the 4th when replay review showed that David Hamilton couldn’t get the tag on Junior Caminero. Out of the baseline is not a challengeable play https://t.co/5WchsRJ4LV
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) October 28, 2026

Screenshots circulated on social media showing just how far out of the basepaths Caminero seemed to be (relative to the three feet of leeway that he was allowed to have by rule there).

Runners get 3 feet out of their established base path on a tag play. Here’s where Caminero was when Hamilton established the tag attempt and where he ended up. You be the ump. https://t.co/7hw6OVhwLp
— Curt Hogg (@CyrtHogg) October 28, 2026

The Brewers did quickly manage to tie the game in the next inning when (poetically) Hamilton hit a solo home run to make the score 2-2. But this was far from the first time in this year’s World Series that Caminero was involved in some drama on the basepaths.

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