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Leyland says ump admits missing call

Published Jun. 27, 2010 1:00 a.m. ET

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Another umpire has apparently accepted responsibility for a blown call that went against the Detroit Tigers.

According to Tigers manager Jim Leyland, Gary Cederstrom acknowledged he erred when he called a third strike on Johnny Damon that ended the Atlanta Braves' 4-3 win over the Tigers on Saturday night with the bases loaded.

``It was a sweeping pitch, going away from Damon,'' Cederstrom told a pool reporter from the Detroit Free Press after the game. ``It looked good coming in, then broke late.''

Leyland said on Sunday that he called Cederstrom after the game and the umpire said, ``'I kicked it. I knew it right away.'''

Replays showed the full-count pitch from Peter Moylan was outside. A walk would have tied the game.

``My timing was fast,'' Cederstrom said. ``Whenever you have fast timing as an umpire, you usually get in trouble.''

Said Leyland: ``The pitch wasn't even close.'' Holding his hands about a foot apart, he said, ``It was that much outside.''

Cederstrom's gaffe follows the missed call by umpire Jim Joyce that cost Detroit's Armando Galarraga a perfect game on June 2. Joyce later apologized to Galarraga.

Cederstrom was stationed in front of the Tigers' dugout as the third-base umpire for Sunday's game against the Braves.

``You have to turn the page,'' Leyland said. ``You can't do anything about it.''

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