MINNEAPOLIS — Rocco Baldelli threw his cap, kicked dirt on home plate and pointed to the TV booth. But his anger was directed at someone 1,200 miles away.
The normally unflappable Twins manager unloaded his anger at home plate umpire Marty Foster and crew chief Alan Porter after Foster's judgment — that Gary Sanchez had tagged Whit Merrifield out at home plate, ending the 10th inning and keeping the score tied — was overruled in New York by replay umpires Mark Carlson and Paul Emmel.
Merrifield was ruled safe — scoring the eventual winning run in the Blue Jays' 3-2 victory — Baldelli was ejected, and the Twins settled for a split of the rowdy four-game series.
