The Angels felt the umpires were being devilish at the end of Wednesdays matinee. Their announcers felt the same way. In a tight 6-5 game with two outs in the ninth inning against the Orioles in Anaheim, outfielder Jo Adell was thrown out at second base attempting to steal on the final play of the game even as a replay appeared to show he was safe. The Angels challenged the call, and replays did seem to confirm that Adell got his foot on second base before Baltimore shortstop Gunnar Henderson applied the tag. Replay review, however, upheld the original call, and Adell was out, and the Angels lost a 6-5 ball game. Explore More On the call for Bally Sports West, play-by-play man Wayne Randazzo and analyst Mark Gubicza torched the umpires and replay officials for not changing the call in Los Angeles favor. Oh that is absurd, Randazzo said as the call was announced by home plate umpire Lance Barksdale. Thats a joke, thats a joke. Absolutely ridiculous, it is clear on the replay that Adell was safe, and its a ridiculous way to end this game. Thats garbage. Just unbelievable, Gubicza added after a few more replays were shown on the telecast. After a review of the play, Jo Adell is caught stealing on a tag by J.b. Wendelken Jersey Gunnar Henderson of the Angels 6-5 lo s to the Orioles. Getty Images Adell, who went 1-for-3 with a walk in the heartbreaker, also told reporters after the game that he vehemently disagreed with the call from second base umpire Nic Lentz. I was in there, Adell said, . That call goes our way, we have [Luis] Rengifo up with a runner on second and were ready to tie the game. Were all looking at the picture, were watching the video. Where my foot hit and where I got tagged were two totally different spots. Jo Adell is caught stealing second by Gunnar Henderson during the Angels lo s. AP Henderson, for his part, seemed to acknowledge that the Orioles were fortunate to be on the right side of bang-bang call. I felt like I got a good tag on him. It was really close, Henderson said, according to the A sociated Pre s. Were very fortunate that they called it out on the field. MLB, in a statement after the game, said the reason that the call was not overturned was the fact that replay officials could not definitively see Adells foot reaching the base first. Angels outfielder Jo Adell throws a helmet to the ground after the Angels lo s to the Orioles. Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports After viewing all relevant angles, the replay official could not definitively determine that the runner touched second base prior to the fielder applying the tag, the league said, according to ESPN. Umpires have been in the cro shairs all week, as after he thought the skipper was continuing to argue when it was in fact a fan behind the dugout who had yelled. On Tuesday, John Tumpane also calling balls and strikes in the Yankees series had a rough night, . Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Jersey
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