The Oakland Athletics are still peeved over the ninth-inning call on Wednesday that potentially cost them the game.
Umpires ruled that a ball hit by Oakland's Adam Rosales was a double — not the game-tying home run it appeared to be. With two outs in the ninth inning, Rosales cracked a high fastball toward centerfield. Television replays clearly showed the ball going over the wall, hitting a railing and bouncing back into the field of play.
Home run.
Athletics manager Bob Melvin asked the umpires to review on replay the hit. Despite the conclusive replay, the umpires maintained Rosales' hit was a double.
Melvin immediately stormed onto the field to contest the umpires' decision and was automatically ejected. The umpires' call ultimately helped the Cleveland Indians hold onto their 4-3 lead to win the game.
The manager still believes he saw a home run. Melvin said on Thursday that he had been in contact with league officials, but doesn't know if the call will be overturned. He expects the MLB to comment, according to the Associated Press.
"I've heard from MLB and I'm not going to say what they said," Melvin said. "It's probably what the majority saw, but what they're going to do from here I haven't had any discussions about that."
Second-base umpire Angel Hernandez defended their decision after the game.
"It wasn't evident on the TV we had it was a home run," Hernandez said. "I don't know what kind of replay you had, but you can't reverse a call unless there is 100 percent evidence and there wasn't 100 percent evidence."
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