MLB wasn’t going to leave the Nationals’ twisting in the wind while debating the Braves’ protest of Friday’s loss to the Cardinals. The league denied the protest within 20 minutes of the game ending.

The decision is hardly surprising, and while the Braves will always feel ripped off by Sam Holbrook’s infield-fly call, their protest didn’t hold a lot of water. Holbrook made a judgment call. It was bad judgment, but that can’t be protested. The Braves’ best argument was that the infield fly call is supposed to come “immediately” after its apparent. And it’s a legitimate argument, but it wasn’t going to get the end of the game replayed.

If you want to see it again, here’s the video of the play:

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With the protest denied, the Nationals are now free to travel to St. Louis to begin the NLDS on Sunday.