Tuesday night’s triumph by the Chicago White Sox over the Texas Rangers was marred by controversy when a play was reversed by video review and contributed to the AL Central team’s victory.
Zach Remillard of the White Sox was up to bat against Grant Anderson of the Rangers in the bottom of the eighth inning. Elvis Andrus, a shortstop for the White Sox, who was on second base, was the winning run. In an effort to give Chicago the lead, Andrus raced home after Remillard hit to shallow left field.
Travis Jankowski, a Rangers left fielder, caught the ball and tossed it to catcher Jonah Heim at home. A bang-bang play seems to be what it was. Heim was positioned to grab the ball at home and Jankowski’s throw was perfectly accurate. When Heim successfully tagged out Andrus, it appeared that the inning was over.
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Not so fast.
Chicago questioned if Heim was blocking the plate unlawfully and prevented Andrus from having a clear shot at scoring. Even the Bally Sports coverage implied that they did not see how Andrus did not have a clear route, did not think the call would be overturned, did not believe Andrus scored before to the tag, and did not believe the call would be reversed.
After consideration, the decision was reversed. Chicago was given the run after it was determined that Heim had broken the slide rule. Bruce Bochy, the manager of Texas, emerged from the dugout to argue but was dismissed.
Chicago won the game 7-6 after scoring three runs in the eighth inning.
After the game, Bochy remarked, “I’m astonished for that call to have been made. It was made by replay, and it’s unquestionably one of the worst calls I’ve ever seen. I’m just not getting it. No matter how many times they attempt to explain it, I refuse. That is not something you can do there. It’s unfortunate. Really, it’s embarrassing.
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“The catcher and I never made contact. A sweep tag was used. It eludes me. Actually, I don’t. Once more, I’m in awe. Jonah performed admirably there. He was a little to the left after the throw, and the tag was swept. On this, I’m at a loss. That is difficult to accept.
Heim was also astounded.
He remarked, “I inquired of the umpire what I might have done differently.” I placed myself at the corners. I even turned around. I’m at a loss on what to do next. It makes me angry.
I’m not sure how you’d be able to block the plate from behind it.
Pedro Grifol, the manager of the White Sox, said he missed the replay.
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Grifol remarked, “All I can say is we challenged both. We objected to the blocking of the plate and the play at the plate. Because that’s the law, if New York thought there had been a breach, it was probably during the first (catcher) set up.
With the victory, the White Sox improved to 32-43. Texas dropped to 45–28.
