Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki talks with the umpires after a call during the seventh inning in Game 5 of baseball’s American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 in Toronto. (Nathan Denette, The Canadian Press via AP)
If not for an utterly nutty bottom of the seventh inning Wednesday — a 53-minute half-inning that completely turned around Toronto’s postseason and — the top of the seventh was about to become legendary.
The situation: Score tied at 2. Texas’ Shin-Soo Choo stands in the batter’s box and Rougned Odor is on third base. Toronto pitcher Aaron Sanchez delivers a pitch to catcher Russell Martin.
Martin throws the ball back toward Sanchez. But it right away hits off Choo’s bat and into foul territory.
Odor breaks for home. But home plate umpire Dale Scott calls the play dead, presumably for interference, and sends Odor back to third.
Then the fun started.
It took them awhile to figure it all out. And both managers protested. But the official ruling was complicated.
of the rules involved. Basically, there were four rules involved on the one play. Some rules overruled other rules. Seamhead fascintating.
In the end, Rule 5.06(c) [5.02] allowed Odor to score despite Scott’s mis-fired timeout call. Martin was given an error. And the Rangers took a 3-2 lead. If the score had held, the play would have been talked about for years. But then the
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Tags: Aaron Sanchez, American League, Dale Scott, Rougned Odor, Russell Martin, Shin-Soo Choo, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Troy Tulowitzki
