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Timing of request key to Reds-Cards dispute
- Updated: September 30, 2016
ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals’ 4-3 walk-off win over the Reds on Thursday — a crucial victory as St. Louis works to chase San Francisco in the National League Wild Card standings — was laced with controversy, as Yadier Molina’s RBI double, by rule, should not have been a game-winning hit at all.
With Matt Carpenter at first and two out in the ninth, Molina drove a ball to deep left. It bounced on the field and then off a panel of signage above the left-field wall before caroming back to left fielder Adam Duvall. Duvall’s throw home was not in time to get Carpenter, who slid in safely to pull the Cardinals to within a half-game of the Giants.
That initiated a celebration, as well as some confusion. As the Cardinals mobbed Molina near second base, Reds manager Bryan Price went looking for crew chief Bill Miller, who, along with the other umpires, had already cleared the field. Price wanted to challenge that the ruling on the field should have been a ground-rule double. In that case, Carpenter would have had to …
