Strange call in 8th inning of Sox Tigers game sinks Boston late: Tigers win 7-4

Things don't always turn out the way they seem. Before the Red Sox could even secure a single out in the bottom of the 8th inning of a 4-4 tie game, a reasonably easy fly ball shot in the direction of Danial Nava seemed to be caught by the speeding right fielder but was called a drop by the second base umpire allowing a double to the Tigers lead off man. Don Orsillo groaned, Nava screamed, and John Farrell came racing out of the dugout all to get ejected mere seconds later for arguing.

"When you spend the rest of the gamein the clubhouse, you have a difference in opinion. Clearly the call was missed, he caught it and he drops it on the transfer..... kinda weird that you could clearely see it from the dugout and three umpires didn't see it. The 2nd base umpire shouldn't be making that call and its the fault of the 1st base ump that he didn't make that call." Farrell said about a half hour after the loss. "Every game is tough to loose."

Yet as things progressed the situation rapidly went for bad to worse for the Sox as on the very next batter, a ball grounded back to Andrew Bailey on the mound could not be played correctly meaning that Bailey's ensuing rushed throw sailed over the bag forcing supplemental 1st basemen Dustin Pedroia leap into the air yet failed to come down in time to notch the out. The bases were loaded and as Detroit continued to fight to gain a lead they finally broke through off a sac fly deep to center field. Nevertheless, 2 runs later the Sox finally notched that crucial 3rd out off a wonderful double play.

Yet by then, the damage had been done and while Boston would get one run back off a Joney Gomes double, a diving catch  by Torii Hunter would eventually seal the fate for the Sox. 

"Playing the Red Sox, its playoff atmosphere, I mean if were gonna face them in the playoffs, might as well battle during the regular season." Hunter said post-game.