Vanderbilt-Missouri suspended after possible ninth-inning go-ahead home run gets lost in fog

Is a ball that (allegedly) goes over the fence a home run if no one sees it go over the fence?That is the question everyone around the Southeastern Conference is asking after a bizarre set of events in Columbia, Mo., late Friday night/early Saturday morning.With Vanderbilt trailing Missouri 7-6 with runners on first and second and two outs in the top of the ninth, left fielder Braden Holcomb hit a ball deep into the right-center field gap. The problem? No one could see the ball through the heavy fog. THIS IS WILD. Vanderbilt hit, according to them a go ahead HR, according to Mizzou a ground-rule double. According to the trackman data, it was a HR, but umpires after review rule it a ground rule double. Game suspended, to be resumed tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/VR0ViaBKDi — 11Point7 College Baseball (@11point7) May 9, 2026The umpires initially signaled a home run, giving Vanderbilt a 9-7 lead. And data from Trackman seemed to agree, indicating the ball traveled 379 feet with a launch angle of 18 degrees. 340 down the lines and 375 to the power alleys, so in theory 379 should be gone either way https://t.co/9BXWDWJqMU — Aria Gerson (@aria_gerson) May 9, 2026But the play was reviewed at the SEC Video Center in Birmingham, Ala. — standard practice for reviews in conference games — and the call was overturned and ruled a ground-rule double. Two of the three runs were taken off the scoreboard, resulting in a 7-7 tie with runners on second and third.The game was suspended and will resume at 5 p.m. ET on Saturday. Will be curious if the Trackman metrics (379 feet) is used to overturn the ground-rule Vanderbilt double to a home run. If you use replay to overturn calls people saw, perhaps you could use technology to overturn calls people couldn't see — Mark Etheridge (@marketheridge) May 9, 2026The controversial top of the ninth followed a bullpen implosion from Vanderbilt in the bottom of the eighth. The Commodores were seemingly in complete control and held a 6-1 lead, but Miss...