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Watch Rays slugger Nelson Cruz homer off the Tropicana Field catwalk vs. Red Sox

Nelson Cruz hit a home run in Game 1 of the ALDS on Thursday that never cleared the fence.

With two out in the bottom of the third and his Rays already ahead of the Red Sox 2-0 in Game 1 of the ALDS, Cruz drove a ball high in the air to left. Red Sox outfielders Kiké Henández and Alex Verdugo backed up, but the ball caromed off the catwalk high above the field and fell back into the shallow outfield.

Hernández ran up to the ball and got it back into the infield, but the umpires had already ruled the hit a homer as Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta protested fruitlessly.