MLB Ejection 174 - Brian O'Nora (2; Alex Cintron)

HP Umpire Brian O'Nora ejected Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron (strike three call to Yanier Diaz; QOCN) in the top of the 6th inning of the #Astros-#Padres game. With one out and none on, Astros batter Diaz took a 3-2 sweeper from Padres pitcher Yu Darvish for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located off the outer edge of home plate and thigh-high (px 1.02, pz 1.92 [sz_bot 1.48]), the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejection, the Padres were leading, 2-0. The Padres ultimately won the contest, 3-1.

This is Brian O'Nora (7)'s 2nd ejection of 2024.

*UEFL Rule 6-2-b-1 (Kulpa Rule): |0| < STRIKE < |.748| < BORDERLINE < |.914| < BALL.

This pitch was located 1.27 horizontal inches from being deemed correct.

This is the 174th ejection report of the 2024 MLB regular season.

This is the 30th coach ejection of 2024. Ejection Tally: 86 Managers, 29 Coaches, 58 Players.

This is Houston's 11th ejection of 2024, 1st in the AL West (HOU 11; OAK 8; SEA 7; LAA, TEX 6).

This is Alex Cintron's 2nd ejection of 2024, 1st since May 11 (Vic Carapazza; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

This is Brian O'Nora's 2nd ejection of 2024, 1st since Sept 5 (Joe Espada; QOC = U [Replay Review]).

Wrap: Houston Asstros vs San Diego Padres, 9/16/24 | Video as follows:

MLB Ejection 043 - Vic Carapazza (2; Alex Cintron)

3B Umpire Vic Carapazza ejected Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron (strike three call by HP Umpire Adam Hamari to Mauricio Dubón; QOCY) in the top of the 3rd inning of the #Astros-#Tigers game. With none out and one on, Astros batter Dubón took a 0-2 fastball from Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the outer edge of home plate and thigh-high (px 0.80, pz 2.82), the call was correct.* At the time of the ejection, the Tigers were leading, 7-0. The Tigers ultimately won the contest, 8-2.

This is Vic Carapazza (19)'s 2nd ejection of 2024.

*UEFL Rule 6-2-b-1 (Kulpa Rule): |0| < STRIKE < |.748| < BORDERLINE < |.914| < BALL.

This pitch was located 1.37 horizontal inches from being deemed incorrect.

This is the 43rd ejection report of the 2024 MLB regular season.

This is the 7th coach ejection of 2024. Ejection Tally: 19 Managers, 7 Coaches, 17 Players.

This is Houston's 2nd ejection of 2024, T-1st in the AL West (HOU, OAK 2; LAA, SEA, TEX 1).

This is Alex Cintron's 1st ejection since Sept 19, 2023 (Phil Cuzzi; QOC = N [Balls/Strikes]).

This is Vic Carapazza's 2nd ejection of 2024, 1st since April 1 (Dylan Moore; QOC = U [Check Swing]).

Wrap: Houston Astros vs Detroit Tigers, 5/11/24 | Video as follows:

MLB Ejection 229 - Phil Cuzzi (4; Alex Cintron)

HP Umpire Phil Cuzzi ejected Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron (strike one call to Jose Abreu; QOCN) in the bottom of the 6th inning of the #Orioles-#Astros game. With none out and one on, Abreu took a first-pitch fastball from Orioles pitcher DL Hall for a called first strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the heart of home plate and above the midpoint (px 0.24, pz 3.63 [sz_top 3.38 / RAD 3.50 / MOE 3.58]), the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejection, the Orioles were leading, 7-3. The Orioles ultimately won the contest, 9-5.

This is Phil Cuzzi (10)'s 4th ejection of 2023.

*This pitch was located 0.60 vertical inches from being deemed a correct call.

This is the 229th ejection report of the 2023 MLB regular season.

This is the 34th coach ejection of 2023. Ejection Tally: 103 Managers, 92 Players, 34 Coaches.

This is Houston's 5th ejection of 2023, 5th in the AL West (OAK 9; SEA 8; LAA, TEX 7; HOU 5).

This is Alex Cintron's 2nd ejection of 2023, 1st since May 30 (Jerry Layne; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

This is Phil Cuzzi's 4th ejection of 2023, 1st since June 10 (Phil Nevin; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

Wrap: Baltimore Orioles vs Houston Astros, 9/19/23 | Video as follows:

MLB Ejection 079 - Jerry Layne (2; Alex Cintron)

HP Umpire Jerry Layne ejected Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron (strike one call to Jeremy Peña; QOCY) in the bottom of the 3rd inning of the #Twins-Astros game. With one out and none on, Peña took a 1-0 fastball from Twins pitcher Joe Ryan for a called first strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the outer edge of home plate and at the knees (px 0.85, pz 1.93 [sz_bot 1.68]), the call was correct.* At the time of the ejection, the Astros were leading, 3-0. The Astors ultimately won the contest, 5-1.

This is Jerry Layne (24)'s 2nd ejection of 2023.

*UEFL Rule 6-2-b-1 (Kulpa Rule): |0| < STRIKE < |.748| < BORDERLINE < |.914| < BALL.

This pitch was located 0.77 horizontal inches from being deemed incorrect.

This is the 79th ejection report of the 2023 MLB regular season.

This is the 8th coach ejection of 2023. Ejection Tally: 37 Managers, 34 Players, 8 Coaches.

This is Houston's 3rd ejection of 2023, 1st in the AL West (HOU, OAK 3; SEA 2; LAA, TEX 1).

This is Alex Cintron's 1st ejection since August 18, 2022 (Ramon De Jesus; QOC = N [Balls/Strikes]).

This is Jerry Layne's 2nd ejection of 2023, 1st since April 28 (Matt Quartraro; QOC = N [Balls/Strikes]).

Wrap: Minnesota Twins vs Houston Astros, 5/30/23 | Video as follows:

MLB Ejection 135 - Ramon De Jesus (5; Alex Cintron)

HP Umpire Ramon De Jesus ejected Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron in the top of the 1st inning of the #Astros-#WhiteSox game. With two out and one on, Astros batter Alex Bregman took a 3-2 fastball from White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the heart of home plate and below the hollow of the knee (px -0.09, pz 1.30 [sz_bot 1.56 / RAD 1.44 / MOE 1.35]), the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejection, the game was tied, 0-0. The Astros ultimately won the contest, 21-5.

This is Ramon De Jesus (18)'s 5th ejection of 2022.

Ramon De Jesus now has 8 points in the UEFL Standings (10 Prev + 2 MLB - 4 Incorrect Call = 8).

Crew Chief Chris Conroy now has 4 points in Crew Division (4 Previous + 0 Incorrect Call = 4).

*This pitch was located 0.60 vertical inches from being deemed correct.

This is the 135th ejection report of the 2022 MLB regular season.

This is Houston's 7th ejection of 2022, T-2nd in the AL West (LAA 9; HOU, SEA 7; OAK 4; TEX 2).

This is Alex Cintron's 2nd ejection of 2022, 1st since June 19 (Cory Blaser; QOC = N [Balls/Strikes]).

This is Ramon De Jesus' 5th ejection of 2022, 1st since July 16 (David Ross; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

Wrap: Houston Astros vs Chicago White Sox, 8/18/22 | Video as follows:

MLB Ejection 072 - Cory Blaser (2; Alex Cintron)

HP Umpire Cory Blaser ejected Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron (strike three call; QOCN) in the bottom of the 1st inning of the #WhiteSox-#Astros game. With two out and two on (R2, R3), Astros batter JJ Matijevic took a 1-2 fastball from White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the heart of home plate and above the midpoint (px 0.18, pz 3.60 [sz_top 3.37 / RAD 3.49 / MOE 3.58]), the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejection, the Astros were leading, 1-0. The Astors ultimately won the contest, 4-3.

This is Cory Blaser (89)'s 2nd ejection of 2022.

Cory Blaser now has 0 points in the UEFL Standings (2 Previous + 2 MLB - 4 Incorrect Call = 0).

Crew Chief Phil Cuzzi now has 1 point in Crew Division (1 Previous + 0 Incorrect Call = 1).

*This pitch was located 0.29 vertical inches from being deemed correct.

This is the 72nd ejection report of the 2022 MLB regular season.

This is Houston's 5th ejection of 2022, 1st in the AL West (HOU 5; OAK, SEA 3; LAA 2; TEX 0).

This is Alex Cintron's 1st ejection since April 3, 2019 (Ron Kulpa; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

This is Cory Blaser's 2nd ejection of 2022, 1st since May 1 (Rick Kranitz; QOC = N-c [Check Swing]).

Wrap: Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros, 6/20/22 | Video as follows:

MLB Ejections 007-08 - Ron Kulpa (1-2; Cintron, Hinch)

HP Umpire Ron Kulpa ejected Astros Hitting Coach Alex Cintron and Manager AJ Hinch (strike one call; QOCN) in the top of the 2nd inning of the Astros-Rangers game. With two out and none on, Astros batter Tyler White took a first-pitch knuckle-curve from Rangers pitcher Mike Minor for a called first strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the heart of home plate and below the hollow of the knee (px 0.2, pz 1.23 [sz_bot 1.34 / RAD 1.217 ... 0.156 inches of overlap), the call was correct.* At the time of the ejections, the Rangers were leading, 1-0. The Rangers ultimately won the contest, 4-0.

These are Ron Kulpa (46)'s first and second ejections of 2019.
Ron Kulpa now has 6 points in the UEFL Standings (-2 Prev + 2*[2 MLB + 2 Correct Call] = 6).
Crew Chief Jerry Meals now has -3 points in Crew Division (-5 Previous + 2 Correct Calls = -3).
*This call was previously INCORRECT due to [sz_bot 1.51 / RAD 1.387 / MOE 1.304], but revised after the fact to reflect the batter's sz_bot of 1.34, making this a CORRECT call.

This is the seventh and eighth ejection report of the 2019 MLB regular season.
This is the second Manager ejection of 2019.
This is Houston's 1st/2nd ejection of 2019, 1st in the AL West (HOU 2; LAA, OAK, SEA, TEX 0).
This is Alex Cintron's first career MLB ejection.
This is AJ Hinch's first ejection since March 15, 2019 (Angel Hernandez; QOC = U [Balls/Strikes]).
This is Ron Kulpa's first ejection since August 27, 2017 (David Peralta; QOC = N [Balls/Strikes]).

Wrap: Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers, 4/3/19 | Video as follows: