MLB questions ump's game-ending call in White Sox loss, team says - ESPN

The Baltimore Orioles held on to beat the Chicago White Sox 8-6 on Thursday night, with the game ending on a controversial runner interference call. The crew chief said the umpire had no choice but to make the call, but MLB says that might not be the case.

With two on and one out in the bottom of the ninth, Andrew Benintendi popped up. Shortstop Gunnar Henderson caught the ball — umpires had called the infield fly rule — for the second out, then third-base umpire Junior Valentine ruled that Andrew Vaughn interfered with Henderson on the play.

After the game, Valentine said there is no discretion when a baserunner appears to make incidental contact with a fielder — even if the play results in a defensive out.

Brutal ending to this Orioles-White Sox game.