A scoreboard mistake at Rogers Centre turned the seventh inning of Monday’s Blue Jays-Red Sox game into a full-blown rules mess, with the umpires spending more than 15 minutes sorting out what happened after Boston appeared to lose track of the outs.
The confusion started after two Red Sox singles opened the top of the seventh. Nick Sogard then lined a ball to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at first base, and Guerrero dove, handled it on a bounce and threw to second for what should have been the first out. Instead, the play was posted as a double play both on the stadium video board operated by MLB and in the official scorer’s announcement from the press box.
That mistake set up the next flashpoint. When Ceddanne Rafaela lifted a fly ball to center, Boston runners on first and third broke on contact as though there were two outs. Brett Bateman made the catch for Toronto, and the ball was relayed back in to record the third out at first base.
By then, both teams were in the dark about the real count.
“The ENTIRE FIELD thought there were two outs (scoreboard even had it) 🤯
Umps have been deliberating for 15 minutes, but it seems the #RedSox might still get a run out of this? 🤷 ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/8xe7uvfnW9
- NESN (@NESN) August 11, 2026”
Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy and Blue Jays manager John Schneider came out of the dugouts as the umpiring crew, led by crew chief Chris Guccione, gathered to sort through the sequence. Guccione told the crowd, “The runner at third base did not tag and crossed home plate before the out at first was recorded,” and added, “We are going to New York to do a rules check.”
That only stretched the delay longer. The home crowd booed, then booed again after the crew finally returned with the ruling.
“All right, the run is going to score,” Guccione eventually announced to further boos.
When play resumed, Toronto was ahead 2-1.
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