DENVER — It didn’t make a difference in the final results and it didn’t cost the Mariners a victory. Seattle scored three runs in the ninth inning to render the possibility of a comeback to unlikely.
But the controversial play involving Ben Gamel’s headfirst slide into home that was initially ruled safe and then overturned by replay and then deemed to not be in violation of Rule 6.01 (i) of the official Major League Baseball rules after another replay left manager Scott Servais very upset and offering up some colorful language to home plate umpire Quinn Wolcott and crew chief Paul Emmel.