Twitter reacts to blown call in Michigan-Louisville regional final

Officiating throughout the 2022 NCAA Baseball Championship has been far from exemplary. Unfortunately for Michigan, this continued unreliability was never more evident than in the Louisville Regional final. 

No. 12 Louisville trailed the Wolverines 9-7 with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and momentum dwindling. Michigan then walked Cardinals catcher Dalton Rushing before allowing designated hitter Jack Payton to send a double off the left field wall… yet the tag at second base sure seemed to make it in time. 

Payton’s fingers clearly bend upwards due to contact with the glove prior to reaching the bag safely. Nonetheless, both the umpire and replay official somehow still ruled in favor of host Louisville. 

What should have been an end to the inning instead led to Michigan giving up four runs through the next two batters and falling behind to the closing margin, 11-9. Not to mention, this also transpired after U-M valiantly overcame a five-run deficit earlier in the contest. 

Robbery of the year??

RELATED

• Michigan baseball eliminated in controversial, 11-9 loss to Louisville

One of the worst calls I’ve seen pic.twitter.com/5OOYhknTl3

— Clayton Sayfie (@CSayf23) June 6, 2022

Michigan, college baseball Twitter reacts 

Chris Balas (@Balas_Wolverine)

“What a terrible call. How do you miss that?”

Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente)

“What’s the point of replay if you can’t get this right? Michigan played their guts out and flat out got their season stolen from them. Disgusting. #goblue @umichbaseball”

Hunter Dickinson (@H_Dickinson24)

“Officially boycotting the College World Series after that”

Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers)

“Umm. How in the world did the command center call that safe? That was awful.”

Matt Schick (@ESPN_Schick)

“If you’re not going to overturn a call like that in the Louisville/Michigan game, just get rid of baseball replay.  #RoadToOmaha”

Clayton Sayfie (@CSayf23)

“Burke’s block was clean, and that runner was out. What is it with Michigan vs. Louisville and ref shows.”

Chris Fetter (@ChrisFetter41)

“Proud of the fight in @umichbaseball Team 156. Could have been counted out multiple times this season, but they were relentless. Tough way to see a season come to an end, but you’ve made us all proud! #GoBlue”

Erick All Jr. (@eallindi83)

“We got robbed @umichbaseball terrible!”

Michigan’s magical postseason runs ends in the championship game of the Louisville Regional.

We were underdogs in each of our last 12 games. We won 8 of those contests. We played for each other & the eight letters across our chests. Thanks for joining us on this ride #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/Qb0jcuuMu7

— Michigan Baseball (@umichbaseball) June 6, 2022

Discuss on The Fort!

The Wolverine, $1 for 1 year

This subscription will give you access to premium Michigan football, basketball and recruiting content. Our team of recruiting insider EJ Holland, team insider Chris Balas, columnist John Borton, staff writers Anthony Broome and Clayton Sayfie, and contributors Trevor Ritchie and Marshall Levenson make up the best team in the Michigan market.

You can also subscribe to The Wolverine magazine, which is published monthly for a total of 11 full-color issues annually. The Wolverine Football Preview Magazine, a full-color, 164-page magazine packed with great information about the upcoming season, will be available in July for individual purchase.

Follow The Wolverine on various social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. The Wolverine podcast shows are available on iTunes and Spotify and are released on an almost daily basis. Video versions of every podcast can also be found on our YouTube channel.