ZACH MCKINSTRY

Dodgers star Mookie Betts is headed to the injured list with a cracked right rib.

Broadcasters (and others) were baffled, and enforcement of the rule caused a lengthy delay in a game.

LOS ANGELES — (AP) — Umpires barred Dodgers manager Dave Roberts from using a position player to pitch the ninth inning against the New York Mets on Saturday night, enforcing a rule Roberts apparently did not know that prevents teams from using non-pitchers with a deficit of five runs or fewer. With Los Angeles trailing 9-4, Roberts sent utility player Zach McKinstry to the mound to begin the ninth, but he was halted by umpires. A lengthy delay and discussion followed, and umpires got on the headsets to discuss the situation with the review center in New York. Bucknor announced that McKinstry would not be allowed to pitch, and reliever Evan Phillips began warming in the Dodgers bullpen. After position players made 90 pitching appearances in 2019 and 75 in 2018, Major League Baseball and the players association agreed prior to the 2020 season to outlaw using position players as pitchers in games with a deficit of five runs or fewer.

Umpires barred Dodgers manager Dave Roberts from using a position player to pitch the ninth inning against the New York Mets, enforcing a rule that prevents teams from using non-pitchers with a deficit of five runs or fewer.

Umpires barred Dodgers manager Dave Roberts from using a position player to pitch the ninth inning against the New York Mets on Saturday night, enforcing a rule Roberts apparently did not know that prevents teams from using non-pitchers with a deficit of five runs or fewer. With Los Angeles trailing 9-4, Roberts sent utility player Zach McKinstry to the mound to begin the ninth, but McKinstry was halted by umpires. A lengthy delay and discussion followed, and umpires used headsets to discuss the situation with officials in New York.

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Cardinals Dodgers Baseball Los Angeles Dodgers' Cody Bellinger follows through on his grand slam during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Los Angeles. After Paul Goldschmidt hit a solo homer to center to give St. Louis 1-0 lead, Bellinger's two-run single gave Los Angeles a 3-1 lead. By that point, Los Angeles was up 6-1 and benefitted from a pair of St. Louis errors. It is also the most runs scored in an inning in a major-league, regular-season game since the Atlanta Braves had 11 in the second inning against the Miami Marlins on Sept. 9, 2020. The last time the Cardinals allowed a double-digit inning was the second inning on April 13, 2000, against Colorado, when the Rockies scored 10.

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