Tigers get clarification on slide rule

WASHINGTON — The Tigers had received an update from Major League Baseball clarifying aspects of the slide rule at second base before Tuesday’s win and Anthony Gose’s attempt at breaking up a double play on the go-ahead run brought it into the limelight.

“I just got an email recently making that clear,” manager Brad Ausmus said.

Tuesday’s rally became a live demonstration of it.

With the bases loaded, one out and the score tied at 3 in the sixth inning on Tuesday, Andrew Romine hit a ground ball to the right side that Daniel Murphy fired to shortstop Danny Espinosa at second in hopes of starting an inning-ending double play. Gose slid wide in an attempt to disrupt Espinosa, but Espinosa got off a clean throw without having to adjust. Romine beat the throw to first, allowing Justin Upton to score the go-ahead run from third.

“From my understanding, the rule is you need to make an attempt to touch the bag, which I think the replay showed that [Gose] did not,” Murphy said. “I also think with the rule, you need to try to maintain the bag, which I don’t think he did either.”

Under the update, …

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