The pitch was a curveball, and Lorenzo Cain started his swing, his hips rotating and his legs clenching and hands moving forward.
There were two outs in the seventh inning on Sunday at Target Field, and Twins reliever Alan Busenitz had just spun a 1-2 curveball that dived toward the dirt. One more strike would thwart a potential rally. But Cain held up in time, checking his swing as his momentum pulled his body downward. Or did he?
Home-plate umpire Marty Foster and first-base ump Mike Muchlinski ruled that Cain did not swing. Minnesota manager Paul Molitor vehemently disagreed, earning an ejection.