SEATTLE -- The White Sox lost a run and the services of their manager for the final six-plus innings on a strange play Monday night vs. the Mariners at T-Mobile Park.
With Chicago trailing, 1-0, with two outs in the bottom of the third inning and Seattle catcher Jhonny Pereda on first base, Mariners outfielder Randy Arozarena lined a double off the base of the wall in left field.
On his way around the bases in an attempt to score, Pereda briefly collided with White Sox second baseman Sam Antonacci, who was lingering in the middle of the basepath near the shortstop position as Chicago shortstop Colson Montgomery moved to the shallow outfield grass to receive a relay throw from left fielder Tristan Peters.
Pereda pushed himself off Montgomery and continued to hustle around third base as he was waved home by Mariners third-base coach Carlos Cardoza. Cardoza’s send initially looked like a bad decision when Pereda was cut down by Montgomery by about 10 feet, but it had already been ruled that Antonacci had obstructed Pereda.
After the entire umpiring crew conferred, the obstruction ruling was upheld and Pereda’s run was allowed to stand. That infuriated White Sox manager Will Venable, who was ejected from the game while arguing with home-plate umpire Tripp Gibson.