MLB fans furious as umpire's mistake costs Mariners game against Astros: "Bailed by the ump typical trashtros"

The Houston Astros managed a late win against the Seattle Mariners on Friday night after taking a 6-4 lead in the ninth inning. Kyle Tucker's two-run home run won the game for the Astros.

However, many are pointing to the umpire's apparent mistake when he called a foul ball instead of a strike.

The game was tied 4-4 at the bottom of the eighth after an RBI single by Eugenio Suarez to tie the game. At the top of the ninth, Kyle Tucker was facing Matt Brash on the mound.

Brash seemed to have struck out Tucker but the umpire made a wrong call by calling a foul ball. On the next pitch, Tucker hit a two-run homer down the middle, clinching the game for the Astros.

MLB fans were left disappointed at the end of the entertaining game, with many calling for robots to replace the umpires to ensure such mistakes do not happen in the future.

"F*** that ha give me the robots," wrote one fan on Twitter.

"Bailed by the ump typical trashtros," added another.

The Astros increase their lead over the Mariners

Friday night's MLB game was an important one in the AL West table as both teams had almost identical records going into the game. The Houston Astros and the Seattle Mariners were neck and neck ahead of the game and the victory meant that the Houston outfit gained some distance on the Mariners.

That is another reason why fans were left so angry at the umpire's mistake which had a rippling effect throughout the league table.

However, there are still two more games to play in the series and the Mariners will be hoping to make up the ground.