Yankees' Joe Girardi wants more use of instant replay

• Yankees manager Joe Girardi was ejected by second base umpire Jeff Nelson
• Girardi was arguing about a pickoff play at second base i the eighth inning
• Yankees' Cano appeared to tag the Tigers' Omar Infante before he got back to the bag

NEW YORK -- After having a close call go against his team in each of the first two games of the American League Championship Series, New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi is calling for Major League Baseball to increase the use of instant replay.

"In this day and age when we have instant replay available to us, it's got to change," Girardi said Sunday after the Yankees lost 3-0 to the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 at Yankee Stadium.

The Yankees trial the best-of-seven series 2-0 and Girardi was left wondering if it might have been his team taking a 2-0 lead to Detroit, where the series will resume Tuesday night with Game 3 at Comerica Park, if replay had been in effect for more than making judgments on home runs.

In Game 1 on Saturday night, Robinson Cano grounded out to shortstop with the bases loaded to end the second inning but replays showed that he clearly beat Jhonny Peralta's throw and run shoulder have scored. The Yankees went on to lose 6-4 in 12 innings.

"I'm not saying Robbie Cano's safe last night. But it changes the game. There's a lot more pressure on a pitcher when you're up 1-0 in the eighth than when you're up 3-0."

Girardi then ejected in the eighth inning on Sunday after umpire Jeff Nelson called Omar Infante safe at second base as he attempted to scramble back to the bag after originally trying to advance to third base on Austin Jackson's single. Replays showed clearly that Infante was tagged out by Cano, the second baseman.

The Yankees were trailing 1-0 at the time but the missed call kept the inning alive and the next two batters, Avisail Garcia and Miguel Cabrera, both hit RBI singles to pad the Tigers' lead.

"I don't have a problem with Jeff's effort because he hustled to get to the play," Girardi said. "It is a tough call for him because the tag is underneath and it's hard for him to see. It takes more time to argue and get upset than it does to get the call right (by viewing replays). Too much is at stake. We played 235 days to get to this point and two calls go against us."

Nelson admitted that he made the wrong call when saw the replay after the game.

"I had the tag late and the hand going into the bag before the tag on the chest," Nelson said. "That's what I saw but the hand did not get in before the tag. The call was incorrtect."

Though Girardi is the latest in a long line of uniformed personnel to push for replay, Major League Baseball executive vice president of baseball operations Joe Torre reiterated his stances that it is a complicated issue.

"We have to make sure we don't have any kneejerk reaction to something," Torre said. "We're looking into it. We're not saying it can happen but right now we haven't really come to any conclusion on what's the best way to go about it and not make the games drag and go longer than they than they are going already."

Girardi, though, doesn't wasn't buying the pace-of-game issue.

"How long does it take to look at a play? Thirty seconds?" he said