The call surprised the crowd of 4,224 fans at Parkview Field on Tuesday, not to mention the players on the field and in both dugouts.

A soft grounder by Anthony Stephan of the Dayton Dragons to TinCaps shortstop Eguy Rosario looked to be the third out needed to escape a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning. Instead, Stephan was called safe to score a run and kick-start a scoring run that led Dayton to a 7-2 win over the TinCaps.

The play at first opened the floodgates on a four-run inning, but TinCaps manager Lukas Ray said his team provided Dayton with all the momentum they needed after an error by Rosario and two walks by right-hander Ruben Galindo (1-2) to load the bases.

“That kind of gave them everything they needed, and they cashed in those three plus one more,” Ray said. “If yo

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