Fan tosses ball near home plate in strange sequence during Braves-Giants game

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The Atlanta Braves' losing streak reached 5 games Friday.

But overmuch of the treatment aft the San Francisco Giants' 5-4 triumph centered astir a bizarre infinitesimal successful the 4th inning.

A instrumentality sitting successful the stands astatine Oracle Park threw a shot toward location sheet astatine astir the aforesaid clip Braves archetypal baseman Matt Olson scored a run.

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San Francisco Giants fans

San Francisco Giants fans observe arsenic archetypal baseman Dominic Smith (7) rounds archetypal basal connected a two-run ground-rule treble and halfway fielder Jung Hoo Lee (51) runs location during the 3rd inning astatine Oracle Park successful San Francisco June 5, 2025. (Kelley L Cox/Imagn Images)

Olson rounded 3rd basal and headed location aft teammate Sean Murphy deed a alert shot to the outfield. The 2nd shot landed adjacent location sheet astir instantly aft Giants close fielder Mike Yastrzemski's propulsion made its mode into catcher Patrick Bailey's mitt.

Marcell Ozuna Jr slides

Atlanta Braves designated hitter Marcell Ozuna Jr. (20) slides safely into location against San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey (14) arsenic umpire Andy Fletcher watches during the 4th inning astatine Oracle Park successful San Francisco June 6, 2025. (Robert Edwards/Imagn Images)

The other shot appeared to permission Bailey, Olson and others successful a little authorities of confusion. 

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"Where did the different shot travel from?" a Giants' broadcaster asked. 

"(It) came outta the precocious deck," his broadcasting spouse responded. "Some clown threw the shot onto the field. I person ne'er seen that."

The crippled umpires concisely convened to sermon the unusual sequence. The game yet resumed, and Olson's tally reduced the Giants' pb to 3-1.

San Francisco Giants pitcher

The San Francisco Giants' Hayden Birdsong pitches to an Atlanta Braves batter during the 4th inning Friday, June 6, 2025, successful San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Giants manager Bob Melvin addressed the incidental aft the game.

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"That's a first," Melvin said. "I've ne'er seen that before. I don't cognize wherever it came from. I don't cognize what the regularisation is. I deliberation everybody was a small amazed by it. It didn't impact the play, but it was highly unusual to spot different shot travel connected the field."

The Braves dropped a sixth consecutive crippled Saturday day aft the Giants deed a two-run walk-off homer successful the ninth inning for a 3-2 victory.

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Chantz Martin is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.

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