Confusion continued to stay for the New York Yankees late on Friday night as a few still struggled to figure out what happened in the middle of the game against the Los Angeles Angels. Yankees first baseman Neil Walker’s would be three-run homer was denied to start the inning-ending double play, the team still escaped the play with a run. Later, the replays raised some question on whether they should have awarded it.
The run indeed proved to be necessary for the Yankees. A ninth-inning rally followed by Didi Gregorius’ homer in the 10th helped the New York sneak past the Angels, 4-3.
Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees left fielder, “I wasn’t sure what was going on. It was one of those weird plays with the replay and all that.”
When Walker was batting with a runner at second and third and one out in the top of the sixth inning, the strange events occurred. Gregorius was at third position after reaching on a leadoff bunt single while Stanton was at second base.
Kole Calhoun, Angels right fielder had different plans. Calhoun leaped at the wall to grab the ball Walker had hit. As his glove came back to him over the wall with the ball in it, Calhoun turned and three it immediately to second base.
However, the replays showed that the runner did indeed tag around the same moment when Calhoun caught the ball.
Stanton said, “I was pretty sure I tagged up. At the moment and I thought it was at least close enough to take a look at it. I don’t know.” In addition to the controversy on whether Stanton left the base early or not, there was the further curiosity to know whether the out at second base had occurred before Gregorius stepped on home plate.
