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Pirates Frustrated With Weird Ending To Rockies Game

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The Pittsburgh Pirates suffered a weird 2-1 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Saturday.

In the top of the ninth inning with the bases loaded and two outs, Rockies third baseman Kyle Karros went after a slow ground ball by Jake Mangum and felt Billy Cook’s foot graze his glove. Karros never threw the ball and instead turned his arm in protest.

After the umpires met, they ruled Cook committed interference and was ruled out, which ended the game.

“The runner failed to avoid the defender in the act of fielding the baseball; therefore, he’s called out. It’s very simple,” crew chief Todd Tichenor said to a pool reporter after the game on Saturday.

Cook, meanwhile, doesn’t think he touched Karros’ glove until he saw the video but was frustrated with the ending.

"No, I didn’t feel contact, and then all of a sudden they called me out and I was like, ‘Dude, I didn’t feel it,’” Cook said. “I watched the replay and it nicks just enough of his glove, but the cleat and everything, I didn’t feel it in the toe area. I guess the replay shows that I did. The video doesn’t lie. Just unfortunate how that played out.”

Pirates manager Don Kelly, meanwhile, also wasn’t pleased that the umpire who had a clear view of the play didn’t call it. Instead, after a protest, they all had to get together.

“They said that they got together and that Billy kicked his glove, which he did, looking at the replay,” Kelly said. “I just didn't know [why,] if you saw that, why it wasn't called immediately. You had to get together to call it.”

With the loss on Saturday, the Pirates fell to 38-39 and will look to avoid being swept on Sunday at 3:10 p.m. ET.

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