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The Pittsburgh Pirates suffered a bizarre 2-1 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Saturday.
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In the highest of the ninth inning with the bases loaded and two outs, Rockies third baseman Kyle Karros went after a sluggish floor ball by Jake Mangum and felt Billy Cook’s foot graze his glove. Karros by no means threw the ball and as an alternative turned his arm in protest.
After the umpires met, they dominated Cook dedicated interference and was dominated out, which ended the sport.
“The runner failed to avoid the defender in the act of fielding the baseball; therefore, he’s called out. It’s very simple,” crew chief Todd Tichenor said to a pool reporter after the sport on Saturday.
Cook, in the meantime, doesn’t suppose he touched Karros’ glove till he noticed the video however was pissed off with the ending.
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“No, I didn’t really feel contact, after which unexpectedly they known as me out and I used to be like, ‘Dude, I didn’t really feel it,’” Cook stated. “I watched the replay and it nicks just enough of his glove, but the cleat and everything, I didn’t feel it in the toe area. I guess the replay shows that I did. The video doesn’t lie. Just unfortunate how that played out.”
Pirates supervisor Don Kelly, in the meantime, additionally wasn’t happy that the umpire who had a transparent view of the play didn’t name it. Instead, after a protest, all of them needed to get collectively.
“They said that they got together and that Billy kicked his glove, which he did, looking at the replay,” Kelly stated. “I just didn’t know [why,] if you saw that, why it wasn’t called immediately. You had to get together to call it.”
With the loss on Saturday, the Pirates fell to 38-39 and can look to keep away from being swept on Sunday at 3:10 p.m. ET.
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