Take a look around the league with Big League Stew's daily wrap up. We'll hit on all of the biggest moments from the day that you may have missed, while providing highlights, photos and interesting stats. Sometimes all it takes to turn around baseball game is a bloop and a blast. For the Seattle Mariners on Saturday, it was actually a replay reversal and a blast, but it all worked the same in the 5-4, 11-inning victory. With the A's holding a one-run lead in the eighth inning, Seattle's Justin Ruggiano bounced one back to pitcher Eric O'Flaherty, who attempted to start a 1-6-3 double play. O'Flaherty's throw to second was offline, clearly pulling shortstop Marcus Semein off the bag. However, second base umpire Tripp Gibson ruled runner Austin Jackson out, presumably on the neighborhood play, which according to MLB rules is not reviewable. Here's where it gets tricky. Crew chief Brian Gorman determined that since the throw was errant, the neighborhood play was off, which made it reviewable again. Of course, the play was ultimately reserved, which didn't sit well at all with A's fans, but they still had a chance to escape the inning without any damage. [ Yahoo Sports Fantasy...
Key reversal, Nelson Cruz home run help Mariners top A’s
Published April 11, 2015 at 10:40 PM
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