Other very similar plays the umpire did not call it lodged.
Fielder knew his best play was to act like he could not get at the ball. That was not true
Very quick thinking on the part of the fielder. Strictly speaking a good call but not exactly clean.
The outfielder when seeing the ball lodged at the base of the wall immediately put up his arms signaling to the umpires that the ball was lodged.
The Fox announcer mentioned it was a heads up play by the outfielder because if he didn’t do that and attempted to play the ball they would then lose the right of having it ruled a dead ball. It was the right call.