St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 3, 2016
Matheny challenges — and loses — in first
St. Louis Cardinals' Yadier Molina blows on his hands before getting in the batting cage for batting practice before the an opening day baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Sunday, April 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)PITTSBURGH • Cardinals manager Mike Matheny didn’t wait long to issue his first challenge of the season Sunday. With one out in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ first inning, home-plate umpire Jerry Layne ruled that Andrew McCutchen had been nicked by a pitch. Matheny disagreed.
It took the umpires only 1 minute 25 seconds to have the call confirmed from the replay center in New York and McCutchen had first base and the Cardinals were out of challenges.