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Rays protest game over timing of replay challenge

Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon argues with umpire Bob Davidson after a call at first base was reviewed and overturned in the Toronto Blue Jays favor during fourth inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Fred Thornhill)
Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon argues with umpire Bob Davidson after a call at first base was reviewed and overturned in the Toronto Blue Jays favor during fourth inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Fred Thornhill) Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon argues with umpire Bob Davidson after a call at first base was reviewed and overturned in the Toronto Blue Jays favor during fourth inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Fred Thornhill)

By Associated Press 2 min read

TORONTO (AP) – Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon protested Saturday’s game against the Blue Jays in the fourth inning after the umpires granted Toronto a replay challenge after the next play had begun.

Jose Reyes singled home the winning run in the 10th inning as Toronto beat Tampa Bay 5-4. Maddon, however, said afterward that he felt his grievance was “pretty cut and dried.”

“I’d be really surprised if the protest is not upheld,” Maddon said.

Rays designated hitter Wil Myers reached on a one-out single in the fourth and was called safe by first base umpire Bill Welke on Mark Buehrle’s pickoff throw.

After Yunel Escobar stepped back into the batter’s box and Buehrle returned to the rubber, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons came out and asked to challenge Welke’s call.