Indians' Protest Falls on Deaf Ears
The Orioles won something!
Not a game, but at this point it hardly matters.
MLB denied the Cleveland Indians' protest of a game last week, in which a run was added to the Orioles' score three innings after it happened.
How it happened (thanks to CBS Sportsline):
The Orioles had taken a 2-1 lead in the third on Miguel Tejada's RBI single. With one out and Nick Markakis on third base and Tejada at first, Ramon Hernandez hit a sinking liner to center field.
Cleveland's Grady Sizemore made a diving catch, popped up and threw to first in time to get Tejada for an inning-ending double play. Markakis, however, tagged up and scored well before Tejada was out at first.
Baltimore's run should have counted, but it was disallowed by plate umpire Marvin Hudson and the inning ended with the Orioles up 2-1, not 3-1.
The O's ended up winning the game 7 - 4, accounting for the only win on their current roadtrip.
If they win right now against the Tigers does it count as two in a row?
