Price: ‘A terrible way to lose a game’

ST. LOUIS — It was a chase of desperation for Reds manager Bryan Price.

Following a controversial 4-3 walk-off loss to the Cardinals on Yadier Molina’s RBI double, Price hustled through the exiting crowd of fans behind home plate to get to the umpires before they reached their locker room. He got to them, but he was too late in his efforts to change the outcome.

“We engaged more than that, but I talked to Bill Miller, the crew chief, and he said, ‘Bryan, you have 10 seconds to make that call,'” Price said. “‘I gave you 10 seconds, nobody did anything, we went in.’ I’m going, ’10 seconds isn’t enough in that situation.'”

It turned out that according to the rules, Price needed to immediately notify the umpires that he wanted a possible review. And that’s where things got complicated.

Molina’s drive to left field bounced once on the warning track and hit the signage above and behind the fence. Adam Duvall played the carom and threw to cutoff man Jose Peraza, whose throw home was not in time to get Matt Carpenter as he scored from first base.

The crowd of 30,830 at Busch Stadium roared and celebrated with the Cardinals, who needed the victory to help them remain in the National League Wild Card race. Fireworks were shot off, adding to the noise.

The Reds’ video personnel in the clubhouse were desperately trying to call the dugout …

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