Major League Baseball has issued a statement defending a controversial call at home plate that led to the ejection of Mike Redmond and generated complaints from the Miami Marlins after their loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday.

Zack Cozart was initially ruled out by umpire Mike Winters while attempting to score the tying run in the eighth inning. However, a subsequent review declared him safe after replay officials in New York determined that catcher Jeff Mathis had violated Rule 7.13 by failing to provide Cozart with a lane to the plate.

The Reds capitalized on the overturned call to take the lead on a two-run single by Ryan Ludwick. Redmond was ejected for arguing after the six-minute review, and Marlins president David Samson referred to the sequence of events as a "travesty."