With the Yankees trailing the Tigers 1-0 and Detroit second baseman Omar Infante on first base with two outs in the top of the eighth, center fielder Austin Jackson singled to right field off New York right-hander Hiroki Kuroda.

Yankees right fielder Nick Swisher came up throwing behind Infante, who took a big turn at second.

Second baseman Robinson Cano applied the tag on Infante as he tried to slide back in head-first. Replays showed that Infante was out and that the inning should've been over. Instead, Nelson called Infante safe, allowing the inning to continue. Girardi came out to argue with Nelson, but to no avail.

"(Infante) was out by five feet," Cano said.

The next batter, pinch hitter Avisail Garcia, delivered a single off reliever Boone Logan to make it 2-0.

Girardi came out to make a pitching change and went to argue with Nelson again, and this time he was ejected.

The Tigers would add another run in the frame.

Upon seeing the replay for himself, Nelson later admitted to a pool reporter that he made an incorrect call.

"The hand did not get in before the tag," Nelson said.

Asked why he ejected Girardi, Nelson replied, "Oh, he continued to argue the call after being warned not to, left his position on the mound to make the trip, and came down and argued the call."

Even so, the Yankees failed to score, perhaps making Girardi's point moot.

"I am not saying we win the game if the call (was) right," Girardi said. "I am not saying that. ... But in this day and age there is too much at stake, and the technology is available. That's what our country has done. We have evolved technology to make things better."

The Yankees were also victims of a blown call in Game 1 of the ALCS, when Cano was mistakenly ruled out while trying to beat out an infield single. The call cost the Yankees a run.