MLB says no mistakes were made in replay review in Tigers-Pirates opener

Major League Baseball and Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire are not on the same page.

Gardenhire said the league acknowledged it made a mistake in Friday's season opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates when umpires overturned what would have been the game-winning run. Baserunner Nicholas Castellanos was initially called safe when he tried to score on a JaCoby Jones single, but the ruling was reversed after review.

The league, however, says no such mistake occurred.

"The nature of the exchange with the Tigers was that the replay officials made the correct call based on conclusive evidence. The video clearly shows the catcher applying the tag on the upper arm of the runner," the league said in a statement to Noah Trister of the Associated Press.

Gardenhire was tossed, the run didn't count, and the Tigers eventually lost the game 13-10 in the 13th inning. Gardenhire said Monday the league told him there was no definitive proof of a tag on Castellanos, and that the play should not have been overturned.

"The explanation was they didn't really have conclusive evidence that somebody tagged him," Gardenhire had said. "Yes, he might have got him. 'We think he got him' is not good enough. In this situation, it has to be definitive ... Obviously, it didn't happen. There were mistakes made. That's fine. It won't bring anything back."

The Tigers lost all three games in the opening series against the Pirates, not picking up their first win until Monday afternoon against the Kansas City Royals.