ATLANTA (AP) -Todd Helton got his 2,000th hit Tuesday, one night after Colorado manager Clint Hurdle thought the slugger should have reached the milestone.
Helton hit a sharp one-hopper past Atlanta shortstop Yunel Escobar in the ninth inning of Monday night’s 5-1 Rockies victory, but the play was scored an error on Escobar.
Hurdle disagreed with the ruling and called the press box to request a meeting with official scorer Jack Wilkinson. The two met briefly before Tuesday night’s game, but Wilkinson upheld his call even after watching a replay.
“I thought that was done very professionally and I shared my viewpoints with him – same thing I said last night,” Hurdle said. “He explained his viewpoints on it, and maybe I gave him a different perspective to look at it.”
Wilkinson declined to comment about the play. A former longtime sports writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he indicated that Major League Baseball officials didn’t want him making further comments about his rulings.
not for long. He singled to left-center in the third inning Tuesday, becoming the 255th player to reach 2,000 hits and second in two nights.
Milwaukee catcher Jason Kendall accomplished the feat Monday night.
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