Review goes wrong, then Angels follow suit in rout
The Angels asked for a review to try to pick up an extra out.
They ended up losing an out.
A replay review to determine whether the Angels should be credited with a double play because of interference on the runner ended up removing the out they thought they had, part of a seven-run inning that buried them in a 15-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night in Dunedin, Fla.
José Quintana, who finally took the mound after a rain delay of 2 hours, 38 minutes, was charged with seven runs in 1 2/3 innings. It was a second straight ugly outing to begin his Angels career. He gave up four runs in 3 1/3 in his first start of the season.
On Saturday night, he walked four batters and gave up five hits. As bad as all that was, things still could have turned out much differently.
With runners at first and second and no outs in the second, Danny Jansen hit a bouncer to first baseman Albert Pujols, who flipped the ball to shortstop José Iglesias at second to try for a double play.
Jonathan Davis went hard into Iglesias, whose relay to first sailed wide as a runner scored.
The Angels argued that Davis had violated baseball’s 5-year-old amendment to the slide rules, intended to protect middle
The Angels’ Jose Quintana contemplates walking in a run in the second inning of Saturday’s 15-1 loss to Toronto.
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infielders. Players must make a “bona fide slide,” hitting the dirt before making contact with the infielder and being able to touch the base. Runners are also prohibited from kicking at the infielder or making contact above the knee.
Umpires ruled that Davis’ slide was clean. Furthermore, they also ruled that Iglesias had pulled his foot off the bag before he caught the ball, so the Angels ended up with no outs on the play.
At that point, it was still just 1-0 though.
Josh Palacios then dropped down a perfect bunt single to load the bases. Quintana struck
out Marcus Semien, but then walked Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., forcing in two more runs. Randal Grichuk then yanked a three-run double into the left-field corner, making it 6-0.
An out later, Quintana gave up another RBI hit to Santiago Espinal, and his night as over.
Not long after that, Joe Maddon’s night was over too. The Angels manager was ejected in the next inning, after the Angels lost a challenge of another play at first.
Maddon didn’t miss much, spending the rest of the night in his office.
Jaime Barria, who had just been activated before the game, was in the game to try to keep it close, or at least soak up some innings, and he accomplished neither. Barria got just six more outs and he gave up seven more runs.