NEW YORK -- Commissioner Rob Manfred defended the end-of-game replay rules that may have cost the Cincinnati Reds a game and boosted the St. Louis Cardinals' playoff chances in the final week of the season.
The Cardinals won their Sept. 29 game when Matt Carpenter scored on what replays showed should have been a ground-rule double, which would have sent Carpenter back to third.
No replay was initiated because Reds manager Bryan Price didn't ask for it immediately after the game ended. Manfred said he doesn't think the incident indicates there is a problem with replay.