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Interference call in 8th has big impact

"Longoria took a swing, and he hit me with the backswing first, I think the umpire saw that," Wieters said. "He also crossed the plate, and that's what he called, so that means Longoria is out and the runner has to go back to first. I knew he got me with the backswing, so I thought worst-case [scenario] he would have to go back to first and Longoria would still be hitting."

As a result of Scott's call, Longoria was the second out of the inning, and Mahtook had to return to first base. Longoria said he didn't agree with interference call and thought at most it would be a dead ball or just Mahtook sent back.