In the bottom of the seventh, with Ramon Santiago on first base and one out, Miguel Cabrera hit a pop fly down the right field line in foul territory. After a long run, Denard Span made the catch and Santiago tagged up and made it to second. The Twins appealed, claiming he left too early. The umps agreed -- double play, inning over.
Photo: Tigers Experience the ‘Sickle of Death’
Jim Leyland ran out to argue briefly. It appears as if he had a solid case:
That white thing in Span’s glove is the baseball. And that black thing on the base is Santiago’s foot. So yeah, Tigers were screwed out of an out on that one. Something MLB Network’s Matt Vasgersian called the “sickle of death.”
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