MLB Ejections 070-1 - Hunter Wendelstedt (2-3; MIA x2)

1B Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt ejected Marlins catcher Jacob Stallings and manager Skip Schumaker (pitch clock violation by HP Umpire Marvin Hudson; QOCN) in the bottom of the 8th inning of the #Marlins-#Giants game. With none out and none on, Giants batter JD Davis took a 3-2 fastball from Marlins pitcher Bryan Hoeing for a called fourth ball. Replays indicate HP Umpire Hudson signaled "Time" as Hoeing was in the midst of his delivery to home plate and that, prior to that, batter Davis failed to be alert to the pitcher prior to the eight-second mark on the pitch timer; this should have been a pitch timer violation on the batter, the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejections, the Giants were leading, 4-3. The Giants ultimately won the contest, 4-3.

These are Hunter Wendelstedt (21)'s 2nd and 3rd ejections of 2023.

*In postgame comments, Crew Chief Hudson stated, "He [Stallings] stood up and called time with about three seconds left. [He] never mentioned at that point about going to the mound. At that point, it’s a violation on him. It’s Ball 4 for the batter because it was a 3-2 count...When he called time and didn’t tell me right away he was going to the mound, that turned into a violation."

According to Stallings, however, "[1B Umpire Wendelstedt] kept telling me I’m not allowed to call time."

According to Schumaker, "Davis was not engaged for me. Stallings was trying to call timeout to show that he was not engaged and it should be a strike. He’s trying to call timeout. He’s allowed to call timeout to go run out to talk to the pitcher. He wasn’t granted it. And then we saw the umpire call timeout with his hands up. He [Stallings] said he [Hudson] called the timeout. That was the disagreement. It was still Ball 4."

These are the 70th and 71st ejection reports of the 2023 MLB regular season.

This is the 31st player ejection of 2023.

This is the 33rd manager ejection of 2023. Ejection Tally: 33 Managers, 31 Players, 7 Coaches.

This is Miami's 5/6th ejection of 2023, 1st in the NL East (MIA 6; PHI 5; NYM 2; ATL 1; WAS 0).

This is Jacob Stallings' 1st ejection since Sept 18, 2020 (Jeremie Rehak; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

This is Skip Schumaker's 2nd ejection of 2023, 1st since April 22 (Dan Merzel; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

This is Hunter Wendelstedt's 2/3rd ejection of 2023, 1st since May 5 (Kyle Freeland; QOC = U [Check Swing]).

Wrap: Miami Marlins vs San Francisco Giants, 5/19/23 | Video as follows:

MLB Ejection 64 - Jeremie Rehak (2; Jacob Stallings)

HP Umpire Jeremie Rehak ejected Pirates C Jacob Stallings (strike three call; QOCY) in the top of the 7th inning of the #Pirates-#Cardinals game. With one out and one on, Stallings took a 3-2 sinker from Cardinals pitcher Seth Elledge for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the heart of home plate and at the hollow of the knee (px 0.19, pz 1.56 [sz_bot 1.66 / RAD 1.54]) and that all other pitches during the at-bat were properly officiated, the call was correct.* At the time of the ejection, the Cardinals were leading, 7-2. The Cardinals ultimately won the contest, 7-2, in 7 innings. 

This is Jeremie Rehak (35)'s second ejection of 2020.
Jeremie Rehak now has 13 points in the UEFL Standings (9 Prev + 2 AAA + 2 Correct Call = 13).
Crew Chief Jerry Meals now has 11 points in Crew Division (10 Previous + 1 Correct Call = 11).

*This pitch was located 1.24 vertical inches from being deemed incorrect.

This is the 64th ejection report of the 2020 MLB regular season.

This is the 30th player ejection of 2020. Prior to ejection, Stallings was 0-1 (SO) in the contest.

This is Pittsburgh's 5th ejection of 2020, 2nd in the NL Central (CIN 7; PIT 5; MIL 4; CHC 3; STL 1).

This is Jacob Stallings' first career MLB ejection.

This is Jeremie Rehak's 2nd ejection of 2020, 1st since Aug 18 (Marwin Gonzalez; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

Wrap: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St Louis Cardinals, 9/18/20 | Video as follows: