Begin the Twilight Zone!
Paul Taylor (Aberdeen's reporter) describes what happened next... "With Tim Remes batting, Tarpley struck him out to end the inning. However, Remes and Tigers' Manager Mike Rabelo argued that Remes foul tipped the ball, and after a discussion and looking at the ball, Remes' appeal was successful. So Tarpley and the IronBirds had to come back out of the dugout and the Tigers touched Tarpley for two more runs in the inning, taking a 3-1 lead."
More questionable calls ensued that required the Aberdeen Manager to exit the dugout on two more occasions in the 3rd inning, all to no avail. As Paul Taylor said over his webcast coverage, "the umpires are having a rough night"
Sadly box scores will never tell the story so Stephen will have to shoulder the loss and prepare to right the ship on his next to final outing. (Hopefully Grand-mom's voice will return by then and she won't have to scream at the umpires this next outing - lol)!
-Stephen Tarpley Sr.