This play, in the end, didn’t have any impact on the final score of the Cubs’ 5-2 loss to the Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series.
But it’s the one everyone’s going to be talking about this morning, so let’s begin with the overturned call at the plate after Willson Contreras tagged Charlie Culberson in the seventh inning.
Here’s the play:
There is no question that the overturning of this call was correct, by rule. Here’s the full text of the rule:
Rule 7.