The Giants won their protest over the calling of the game against the Cubs Tuesday night:

Update: The Giants have won their protest of Tuesday’s 2-0 loss to the Cubs — a game that was called after five innings due to a rain delay during which the Cubs’ grounds crew fumbled the covering of the infield. The game will be resumed as a suspended game, and the Cubs and Giants were working to finalize details on when to resume the game.The Giants had also asked for the Cubs to forfeit the game, but was denied by MLB.

Here is what they protested:

Here’s Rule 4.12 (a)(3) regarding suspended games:

(a) A game shall become a suspended game that must be completed at a future date if the game is terminated for any of the following reasons:
(3) Light failure or malfunction of a mechanical field device under control of the home club. (Mechanical field device shall include automatic tarpaulin or water removal equipment);

The Giants say the Wrigley tarp — the cylinder of which was waterlogged, they heard – is indeed a “mechanical field device,” giving them grounds for the protest.

I think MLB stretched this rule a bit, because I’m sure the rule refers to the type of tarpolines that once injured Vince Coleman. Both the umps and the grounds crew failed last night, so while I’m not sure why the protest was upheld, MLB did the right thing here.