Did the Patriots win a game they should not have?

It sure sounds that way according to rule 2.00 in the 2004 edition of the official baseball rules handbook.
With runners on the corners and one out in the top of the eighth inning Thursday night, Patriots left fielder Jason Romano made a running catch, turned and fired the ball to second baseman Teuris Olivares, who threw to first base to catch the runner straying too far off the bag and complete the double play.
The runner from third base crossed home plate with what would have been the tying run but home plate umpire Sean Arthur waved off the run because of the double play.
No one questioned the ruling at the time, but this is straight from the rule book:
"One out. Runner on first and third. Batter flies out. Two out. Runner on third tags up and scores. Runner on first tries to retouch before throw from fielder reaches first baseman, but does not get back in time and is out. Three outs. If, in umpires judgement, the runner from third touched home before the ball was held at first base, the run counts."
There is no question that the runner crossed the plate in time because Arthur initially got the call right, signaling that the run counted. Only after several Patriots hopped out of the dugout to disagree did Arthur change his mind.
This obscure rule exception was brought to my attention Friday afternoon by Road Warriors manager Jeff Scott, who still was kicking himself for not arguing the call. Scott admitted to being distracted in the dugout and missing the play. He said he has seen the play hundreds of time in his long playing and coaching career.

Fallout: The Patriots are in a pennant race with the York Revolution. If they end up winning the division by one game or by tiebreaker, this one is really going to sting.
OF COURSE, that would only have been the tying run and there is no saying the Patriots would not have won the game anyway. But it makes you wonder what would/could have been.