We break down what happened in Toronto last night

After four innings on the mound for the Blue Jays last night against Boston, Jameson Taillon was injured.

It looked like that would be the story of the game in Toronto. After all, the team is no stranger to pitchers getting injured.

But in the end, it seems the story lies elsewhere.

In the seventh inning, with the Red Sox having two runners on base and just one out, the scoreboard at Rogers Centre (managed by MLB) showed two outs.

So when a fly ball was hit to center field, both runners took off on contact—even though the ball had little chance of dropping… because the scoreboard showed two outs in the inning.

The Blue Jays ended up throwing the ball to first base (rather than third base) to complete the double play.

The home plate umpire ruled that Anthony Seigler crossed home plate after the out at first base, which meant the run didn't count.

The Blue Jays thought they had ended the inning (the blame then fell on the Red Sox, who had lost track of the count) and left the field.

This proved to be a fatal mistake, as leaving the field prevented the team from resuming play once MLB determined that the run had counted before the out at first base.

A lengthy 17-minute delay ultimately resulted in the Red Sox's run being credited following the restart.

But since the Blue Jays say the field umpire ruled that the third out was recorded before the run scored, there was no point in keeping the players on the field for a call at that moment.

And anyway, John Schneider says Vladdy isn't fast enough to have crossed the foul line before the umpire made his call at home plate.

The play didn't make a difference since the Blue Jays won 2-1. But let's say if the Red Sox had won, it would have caused quite a stir.

Right now, the Red Sox are three and a half games out of the playoffs.

• The National League standings.

• Adley Rutschman is expected to play tonight.

• That call would have changed everything.

• Not a great outing for Tarik Skubal at home.

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