Definition. The batter is awarded first base if the catcher (or any other fielder) interferes with him at any point during a pitch. If first base was occupied ...

Catcher’s interference is a rule that dates back over a century in Major League Baseball (MLB), designed to protect the batter’s right to a fair swing at a pitch. The rule emerged in the 1900s as part ...

Gerrit Cole lit up the diamond with six shutout innings, seven strikeouts, and a viral play straight out of the NFL playbook.

Bryce Harper doesn’t miss much on a baseball field. His guts and instincts on Tuesday night led to the Phillies scoring a run ...

The Boston Red Sox made the wrong kind of baseball history against the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night, becoming the first team in some 50 years to lose a game on a walk-off catcher's ...

PHILADELPHIA — Edmundo Sosa's teammates on the Philadelphia Phillies mobbed him beyond first base after a 3-2, walk-off win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night. Subscribe to read this story ...

The Philadelphia Phillies did something last night that hadn't happened in the MLB in more than five decades, leading to a dramatic extra-innings win over the Boston Red Sox on July 21. With a ...

BOSTON — Red Sox’ Carlos Narváez committed his league-leading sixth catcher’s interference in the third inning Friday. It was costly, leading to an unearned run in a 4-1 loss to the Yankees at Fenway ...

Walking off on a catcher's interference is one of those feats in MLB that is as scarce as can be. Since 1920, only one team had walked off on a catcher's interference to end a game prior to the ...

Catcher's interference is a pretty rare sight in baseball, but the sport hasn't seen one end a game in over half a century ... until Monday night that is. The Philadelphia Phillies were part of some ...