I agree that it was handled correctly.
What would have been really ugly is if Middleton had scored a run to "win" 2-1, and then it was discovered after everyone left the field that the score was really 2-2. The teams would have had to return to finish the game.
Or would the 2-1 score stand since the correction wasn't discovered until after the umpires left the field?
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