The Rockies somehow scored on a popup near the Astros' dugout

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Normally a sacrifice fly in baseball is a deep fly ball to the outfield, but that's not always the case and on Wednesday night, we got the most extreme version of a sac fly that wasn't technically a sac fly in foul territory.

With the Rockies down 2-1 in the 7th, Nolan Arenado hit a ball into foul territory that would have ended up in Houston's dugout had it not been for an incredible catch. The catch, however, couldn't be appreciated to its fullest because the bases were loaded for Colorado and the runner from third scored on the play to tie it up.

Arenado was given an RBI on the play, but it actually wasn't scored as a sacrifice fly.

So that was technically not a sac fly but Arenado does get an RBI. Tapia makes up for a bad read with a tag-and-score on the closest pop-up to home I've ever seen.
— BSN Rockies (@BSNRockies) July 26, 2018

Nonetheless, you rarely see someone score on a popup that close to home ever, so it was quite incredible to watch play out and it was a huge run in the game as Colorado went on to walk it off in the 9th.