The independent league American Association’s championship series is heading to a decisive Game 5, but really, the series should already have ended.

Fans love to call every officiating mistake “The Worst Call Ever,” but Monday’s Game 4 certainly made a case with some unforgivably terrible umpiring.

The Wichita Wingnuts held a 3-2 lead over the Winnipeg Goldeyes with two outs in the ninth inning. With a runner on second, a grounder to third presumably ended the game and the series. The Wingnuts retired the batter and started their championship celebration. Then, the umpire ruined it all.

The home plate umpire walked to the mound and informed the Wingnuts that a balk was called.

I’ve watched the video a dozen times, and I neither saw a balk nor did I see an umpire signal a balk before the play ended. He even crouched down in his stance as if he was looking to make a ball-strike ruling on the pitch. The American Association doesn’t have a public rulebook, but according to MLB (and basically every level of baseball), the umpire is instructed to immediately call a balk. This call really made no sense whatsoever.

The batter Casey Turgeon told a reporter after the game that he heard the home plate umpire say balk, but there was no hand signal to call the play dead.

To make matters worse, the call extended the game to the 17th inning (!!!), and the Goldeyes ended up winning.

Game 5 will be played Tuesday.