The Padres were on the wrong end of a controversial call that impacted their one-run 4-3 loss to the Giants on Monday at Petco Park.
San Francisco led 4-0 with no outs in the bottom of the second inning when San Diego shortstop Xander Bogaerts hit what initially was ruled a solo home run that bounced off the outstretched glove of Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos in left field, before the call eventually was overturned and ruled an out.
Padres manager Mike Shildt, after a lengthy review, expressed his frustration with the call and was ejected from the game.
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Shildt, speaking to reporters after the game, expressed his displeasure with the review process, and he believes that if the play took that long to review, the call was not clear enough to overturn and should have remained a home run.
“If it’s so clear, how come it takes two minutes and 40 seconds to figure out, if it’s that clear?” Shildt questioned postgame. “Why are we sitting there for two minutes and 40 seconds? We have 15 seconds to review a call in the first place. We have two minutes and 40 seconds to sit there, what are you looking for? If it’s that clear, then overturn it early. If it’s not, then it’s a home run.
“So we call our reply guys and are like, ‘How are you feeling about it?’ [And they said] ‘zero chance.’ But, listen, that’s just really disappointing that we go that long and have to come up with a conclusion that’s not conclusive to overturn a home run that ends up costing us an opportunity to win a baseball game.”
The Padres went on to score three runs after the controversial play, and ended up losing to the Giants by one.
San Francisco, which has had no shortage of bad luck in recent weeks, will take it.
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