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Scioscia protests loss to Royals over 2-run error
- Updated: July 28, 2016
2:59 AM ET
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Manager Mike Scioscia is not ready to acknowledge his Los Angeles Angels lost Wednesday night.
Scioscia officially protested the Kansas City Royals’ 7-5 victory, claiming Raul Mondesi ran inside the line on a bunt single in the seventh inning, which led to a throwing error and two runners scoring.
Scioscia said he is “100 percent” certain the protest would be upheld.
“It’s not a judgement call,” Scioscia said. “I would not have protested if I was not 100 percent correct on this. This is a misinterpretation of a rule. It was very clear. Phil Cuzzi, the home plate umpire, had Mondesi running inside the line in jeopardy the whole way, and stated that it’s OK because he was stepping back toward the bag, which is wrong.”
Cuzzi said he couldn’t comment because of the pending …
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