Sabathia tried to make a barehanded pickup of Andy LaRoche's softly hit grounder, but the Brewers ace dropped it. Official scorer Bob Webb immediately ruled it a hit, explaining he watched LaRoche out of the batter's box and the runner was two-thirds of the way down the line as Sabathia was picking the ball up. He also said the ball was spinning as it went to the left of the mound "with a left-handed pitcher going to get it. It's a difficult play." Milwaukee manager Ned Yost on Monday said it was "not a very good explanation in my mind, because, number one, the ball was not spinning, the ball was rolling. There's a huge difference. "It's a lot easier for a left-handed pitcher to go to the third base line and make that throw than a right-handed pitcher. The explanation didn't cover it for me, but, again, it's water under the bridge and it's all said and done." Yost's opinion was backed up by Detroit manager Jim Leyland on Monday. "Error. Definitely an error," Leyland said. "The guy wasn't halfway to first. From yahoo. The problem I have is that the clown scoring makes his comment about where LaRoche was but a replay if used would've shown this guy otherwise. Baseball should put the push to have his job taken away to fix the mess that he's made.