CHICAGO – White Sox general manager Chris Getz wouldn’t divulge full details of his talk with Major League Baseball on Friday following the controversial interference call to end his team’s ninth-inning rally during an 8-6 loss to Baltimore on Thursday night. But he spoke of umpires’ discretion available to be used in that situation, as told to him by MLB.

“I was told, yeah, it is a judgment play,” Getz said, “that there is discretion.”

“It was called inaccurate in my opinion, just my opinion,” manager Pedro Grifol said. “I don't think any baseball game should end like that.”

The first six White Sox hitters reached back in the ninth inning Thursday, eventually cutting Baltimore’s 8-2 lead to two runs with runners on first and second and one out. Craig Kimbrel replaced Yennier Cano and induced an Andrew Benintendi popup to shortstop Gunnar Henderson for the inning’s second out, with the infield fly rule called.

But Vaughn was ruled out at second for interference by third-base umpire Junior Valentine, when Vaughn inadvertently brushed Henderson as he was moving back to second. According to Rule 6:01(a), the runner can be ruled out for hindering a fielder trying to make a play on a batted ball whether it was intentional or not.

There was no specific blame related to this call from the White Sox in connection to their sixth loss in seven games, dropping them 21 under .500 for the first time this season at 15-36. They would have liked Korey Lee, who was on-deck, to have that chance to tie the game or even given the White Sox an improbable victory.

“To end the game the way that it happened was disappointing because we didn’t get a chance to build off the momentum in the ninth inning,” Getz said. “The uniqueness of how everything unfolded, the umpires were very confident in the calls that they made.

“The calls were made, and we’ve got to live with it. We’ve talked to MLB, whether it be Pedro, myself and others in the front office. I’ll keep those conversations private. It’s disappointing, just how the final inning unfolded considering the momentum it created.”

Grifol hopes their talks and the reaction to the play itself will lead to meaningful change within the game. He pointed out how Vaughn simply was moving back to second after the infield fly rule call and had no idea of Henderson’s on-field location, while adding infielders could look to draw contact after last night’s game-ending ruling.

“I'm not blaming the game on this, but I am blaming that we didn't get another opportunity on it,” Grifol said. “Any time something like this happens that the game can benefit from, it's important for everybody to really take a look at it and say, 'Well, this is something we've got to clean up, we've got to fix.' My conversations were good. It's unfortunate we lost the game, but I'm hoping the game is better off for it.

“This is going to happen again. I haven't seen it in 30 years, but now that it happened, I guarantee you we'll see it again, because everyone around the league looks to create some form of advantage for their club to get a couple of outs in a situation like this."