Blue Jays-Red Sox game thrown into chaos by 17-minute 'rules check,' massive scoreboard mistake
Everything seems to be going right for the Boston Red Sox.
OK, not everything, as they have now lost three games in a row, but not before going on an insane stretch that saw them win 32 of their previous 37 games.
After losing their final two games against the Athletics over the weekend, the Sox traveled to Toronto to take on the lowly Blue Jays, where they found themselves trailing 2-1 in the seventh inning with runners on the corners and one out.
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Yet on a fly ball to center field, both runners took off because they believed there were two outs. Taking advantage of the situation, the Jays turned a double play to end the inning. However, chaos, including a 17-minute delay, ensued when a run was actually awarded to the Sox despite the costly mistake.
Center fielder Brett Bateman made the catch and threw the ball into the infield. Once the ball was thrown to first before Nick Sogard could return, the inning appeared to be over. However, a wild MLB rule states that since the runner was out at first after Anthony Siegler crossed home plate, and the Blue Jays did not appeal Siegler as the "fourth out," the run scored.
It turns out Siegler and Sogard had a justifiable reason to believe there were two outs because the main scoreboard at Rogers Centre actually showed two outs.
"We kind of got a break there," Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy admitted.
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Blue Jays manager John Schneider, though, claimed that his team was never given the chance to appeal at third, because plate umpire Charlie Ramos "waved off the run."
"After consulting with MLB, they told me that all of my players were across the third base line before Charlie waved off the run, which I 100% disagree with," Schneider said. "I don’t know if [Vladimir Guerrero Jr.] is that fast after he got the ball at first."
"We felt like it was our obligation to correct the error for not scoring the run originally," crew chief Chris Guccione said after the game.
"The rule is the rule. ... So if the run scores from third, no matter what he did tagging up, or not, before the out is recorded at first, the run counts," Schneider said. "Now, if we had just thrown the ball to third instead of first, obviously different story."
Despite the lucky break, the Sox's red-hot offense was stalled, as they lost a third consecutive game for the first time since June 16-18.
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