Well that was weird
Salvador Perez did not tag up at third. Watching replay makes that obvious. With one out in the bottom of the sixth inning, Omar Infante lined out to second baseman Ian Kinsler. With almost no chance at all to complete a double play, Kinsler threw to shortstop Eugenio Suarez. Suarez missed the ball. Perez ran home to give the Royals a 2-1 lead.
Except Suarez never returned to third base first. So he's out. Right?
Right. Eventually. The game remained 1-1 and the inning ended.
But boy did that one got complicated quick.
Tigers manager Brad Ausmus came out and spoke to the umps, who spoke to each other, then spoke to instant replay officials in New York then spoke to each other, then spoke to each other some more, then eventually decided Perez did not tag up so he was out. Which brought Royals manager Ned Yost out to speak some, too.
Fox's broadcast later showed the Tigers did appeal with a throw to third, despite confusion during the TV broadcast about that earlier.
Hard to explain why umps were so confused.
This entire episode was just weird.
We'll update with visuals when we find em.
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