WASHINGTON – In the evening’s double-header game, in which extra innings were forced by a throw-in error in the ninth short-stop inning, Phyllis’ 8-7 victory over the National at Nationals Park was decided by a contested game in the same position.
A 6-6 draw, Phyllis opened the 10th inning with Kyle Schwarber as second runner-up. Rhys Hoskins withdrew from Steve Cisek, and Nick Castellanos brought runners second and third off the ground.
As JT Realmuto headed for the center field, Schwarber scored and Lane Thomas kicked the ball home to beat Hoskins, the runner on the road. But the game was called off and insurance was attributed to Phillies when second baseman and crew chief Dan Jasonia called short stop Luis Garcia to block Hoskins on the trail at the base. National manager Dave Martinez was fired by Jasonia.
What is the rule? Rule 6.01 (h) states: “When an obstacle arises, the judge must call or signal an Obstacle.
(1) If the obstacle runner is playing or if the battery runner is obstructed before touching the first base, the ball is dead and all runners must move, without responsibility, to the bases they would have reached, on discretion of the judge, if there was no obstacle. The interfering runner will be awarded at least one base beyond the base he last legally touched before the obstacle. All previous runners who are forced to advance by awarding bases as a punishment for an obstacle should advance without responsibility and be expelled. “
Iassogna to a pool reporter: “In this case, we had the feeling that the outfielder had already tried to play with the ball and then the contact happened. After doing this, he must be released, he must get out of the way of the runner. So as soon as he tried to get the ball out, after we feel like he did that, he tried to get the ball out, his job is to get out of the runner’s way. I know it was very close when that happened, and that’s a verdict. This is a very close assessment.
“As a rule, if we had the feeling that he was in the process of taking the ball out, then we would not have caused an obstacle. But we felt that he already had the opportunity to take the ball and then the contact happened. And then it’s up to the defense to get out of the way of the offensive player. And then we felt that because of the contact Hoskins would have scored without the contact. That’s why we put him at home. “
What did the nationals say?
Martinez: “[I was frustrated with] everything. It was an intervention, and then they hindered Lewis. So if [Hoskins] gets an obstacle, he gets a third base, he is not rewarded for home. After touching third base and he rounded the base, for me it’s a fair game. He was dumped 40 feet away. So what do we do? Really, what are we doing? He told me that Luis had enough time to catch the ball. The ball was in front of Lewis when he ran into Hoskins. So what do we do? Honestly, what are we doing? “
Garcia: “What can I say, to be honest, with all due respect, I just do not agree with the call. … I was still trying to get the ball out. ” (Editorial note: these were two answers combined into one.)
Juan Soto: “This is a very difficult conversation. I talked to one of the referees the other day and he told me that in such matches field players always have the advantage. Cover all the time until they catch the ball. And that didn’t happen at the time. I was just a little confused about that. For me, I think Lewis should be protected from this ball because he was striving for it [Hoskins] he knows where he has been and must get around him. But at the end of the day, they called. He left [Philadelphia’s] way and we just couldn’t do anything else. “
Hoskins: “I’m familiar with the rules of intervention, but I don’t know them exactly [third base coach Dusty Wathan] right. Then I learned that if the runner didn’t intend to score from the beginning, then I would go out. And since I’m rounding up in third place, [Wathan] says, “Don’t stop! Do not stop! You will go out, but do not delay! He supports him by knowing exactly what the rule is on the move.
Bryce Harper: “It just shows how great a baseball mind is [Wathan] there is. I think everyone in the dugout thought so. It was a great baseball game. “
Interim Manager Rob Thomson: “[Wathan] knows the rule of obstacles. It was huge. Really smart. “
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