It might not be a Jeffrey Maier or Steve Bartman situation, but Astros fan Troy Caldwell added another controversial fan interference moment to the MLB playoff lexicon during Game 4 of the ALCS.

With one out and one on in the first inning, Jose Altuve launched a ball to right field that appeared to go over the wall for a home run. But as Mookie Betts leaped into the seats to try to make the catch, Caldwell reached for the ball, too, seemingly forcing Betts’ glove closed in the process. The video replay upheld umpire Joe West’s fan interference call, and Altuve was ruled out.

“I was pretty positive I was going to be able to catch it,” Betts said after the game. “But when I jumped and reached my hand over, I felt like someone pushed my glove out of the way.”

So, what would have been a two-run homer instead became out No. 2. The Astros would go on to lose by two.

Caldwell is a lifelong Astros fan who trekked from his current home in Atlanta back to Houston for Game 4. He was steadfast in his belief he did nothing wrong.

“I don’t understand even what happened,” Caldwell told the Boston Globe. “I was over the line and the ball hit — I had my hands out, you can see it. I got like 800 pictures that already came to me — but I’m over the line and I put my hand out and the ball hit my hand.

“I never touched his glove. I don’t understand why it wasn’t a home run.”

On a closer review of the video, he may have a case, although it isn’t exactly clear. Caldwell, wearing a bright orange shirt and a vintage Reagan-Bush ’84 hat, did reach for the ball. But it may have been the man next to him, wearing a blue shirt, who interfered with Betts’ glove.

Regardless, Caldwell had a few choice words when asked his opinion of West.

“[He’s] a joke,” Caldwell said. “I don’t think it’s appropriate for the paper. That’s about the worst call I’ve ever seen. That ball was gone, no matter what. My hand wasn’t over the yellow.”

The Astros had a chance to get those runs back in the bottom of the ninth, when Alex Bregman flared a ball into left field with the bases loaded. But Andrew Benintendi made a spectacular catch, likely saving two runs and giving the Red Sox a 3-1 series lead.

If only.