TORONTO (AP) — Anthony Seigler scored from third base on a sacrifice fly Monday evening — with out ever tagging up.
Evidently, that left everybody in Toronto a little bit confused.
Seigler scored Boston’s solely run in a 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays on a chaotic, inning-ending double play that resulted in a 17-minute delay making an attempt to kind out the entire thing.
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Whereas there was just one out when Ceddanne Rafaela hit a flyball to heart area within the seventh, the scoreboard confirmed two outs. The ball was nonetheless within the air when Seigler headed towards the plate and Nick Sogard took off from first base.
When the ball was caught and the Blue Jays ultimately tossed it to first to double up Sogard, that was the third out and it appeared Toronto nonetheless led 2-0 as gamers headed to the dugout.
That is when the umpires began discussing the weird play. There have been separate conversations with each managers earlier than conferring with MLB’s replay heart for a guidelines examine on what crew chief Chris Guiccione stated was a timing play.
Ultimately, as a result of Seigler crossed residence plate earlier than Sogard was known as out at first, and Toronto by no means appealed the runner leaving third base early, the run was awarded to the Crimson Sox.
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Even some Blue Jays appeared to assume the catch by heart fielder Brett Batemen was the third out of the inning. Toronto reliever Simeon Woods Richardson and catcher Brandon Valenzuela each turned their again to the play and have been going to the dugout even earlier than second baseman Josh Smith received the ball from Bateman and threw to first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
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