MILWAUKEE — Upon further review, the play stands.

Major League Baseball's scoring review committee ruled today that official scorer Bob Webb did not err when he decided that Pittsburgh's Andy LaRoche singled against Brewers pitcher CC Sabathia in the bottom of the fifth inning of Milwaukee's 7-0 win on Sunday.

Sabathia tried to make a barehanded pickup of LaRoche's softly hit grounder, but dropped it. Webb immediately ruled it a hit, explaining he watched LaRoche out of the batter's box and the runner was two-thirds of the way down the line as Sabathia was picking the ball up.

On Wednesday, the committee viewed footage of the play in question and considered the documentation presented by the Brewers.

But the committee ruled that Webb's judgment was not "clearly erroneous," which is the standard set forth in Official Scoring Rule 10.01(a), and did not meet the criteria for reversal.

If the call had been reversed, it would have been the second no-hitter in Brewers history after Juan Nieves' performance on April 15, 1987 in a 7-0 win against Baltimore.

Instead, Sabathia joins a list that includes Skip Lockwood (1972), Jim Colborn (1973), Moose Haas (1985), Danny Darwin (1985) and Teddy Higuera (1987) for one-hitters in Milwaukee's franchise history.

Webb has been a major league official scorer for 20 seasons.

"The way the ball came off the bat, it was spinning, and it went to the left of the mound with a left-handed pitcher going to get it. It's a difficult play," Webb said at the time. "The definition requires standard effort, and that would have taken more than an ordinary effort. The runner was well down the line."

The Brewers clubhouse had cleared out after the ruling had come down. Milwaukee manager Ned Yost had originally called the decision a "joke," but general manager Doug Melvin said that the issue should be closed now.

"We appreciate the opportunity offered by the league to have plays reviewed. While we had hoped for a different outcome, we understand that an official scorer's role is very difficult," Melvin said in a statement. "We thank Major League Baseball and the committee for taking the time to consider our request, and we continue to move forward with a focus on winning games down the stretch."

Melvin backed off his comments earlier in the week that he might lobby for changes to the way official scoring decisions are made, but acknowledged that representatives of both teams push scorers on controversial calls.

"There's tremendous pressure to get it right," Melvin later told The Associated Press. "But we have to move on."

The Brewers lost to the New York Mets 9-2 on Wednesday and are 0-3 since the one-hitter. Sabathia, who was traded from Cleveland to Milwaukee on July 7 and is 9-0 in 11 starts, has said all along he should've made the play.

"If I put the glove down and make the play, it wouldn't be a big deal," he said following the game against Pittsburgh. "If they change it or they don't, it's not going to change much, really. If they change it or if they don't, I'm fine."