MLB Ejections 58-59 - Will Little (3-4; MIN)

HP Umpire Will Little ejected Twins DH Nelson Cruz and Manager Rocco Baldelli (strike three call; QOCN) in the top of the 7th inning of the #Twins-#WhiteSox game. With two out and one on, Twins batter Ryan Jeffers took a 1-2 sinker from White Sox pitcher Dane Dunning 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 0.08, pz 1.36 [sz_bot 1.63 / RAD 1.51 / MOE 1.43]), the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejections, the White Sox were leading, 5-2. The White Sox ultimately won the contest, 6-2. 

These are Will Little (93)'s first and second ejections of 2020.
Will Little now has 6 points in the UEFL Standings (10 Prev + 2*[2 MLB - 4 Incorrect Call] = 6).
Crew Chief Angel Hernandez now has 15 points in Crew Division (15 Previous + 2*[QOCN] = 15).

*This pitch was located 0.84 vertical inches from being deemed correct.

These are the 58th and 59th ejection reports of the 2020 MLB regular season.

This is the 27th player ejection of 2020. Prior to ejection, Cruz was 1-3 (SO) in the contest.

This is the 25th Manager ejection of 2020.

This is Minnesota's 2/3rd ejection of 2020, 1st in the AL Central (MIN 3; DET 2; CLE, CWS, KC 0).

This is Nelson Cruz's 1st ejection since Sept 7, 2019 (Laz Diaz; QOC = N [Balls/Strikes]).

This is Rocco Baldelli's 1st ejection since July 23, 2019 (Ramon De Jesus; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

This is Will Little's 3/4th ejection of 2020, 1st since Aug 16 (Kevin Long; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

Wrap: Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago White Sox, 9/15/20 | Video as follows:

MLB Ejection 189 - Laz Diaz (1; Nelson Cruz)

HP Umpire Laz Diaz ejected Twins bench player/DH Nelson Cruz (strike three call; QOCN) in the bottom of the 6th inning of the Indians-Twins game. With two out and one on (R2), Twins batter CJ Cron took a 0-2 slider from Indians pitcher Adam Cimber for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located off the outer edge of home plate and above the hollow of the knee (px 1.30, pz 1.88 [sz_bot 1.70]), the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejection, the Indians were leading, 2-1. The Twins ultimately won the contest, 5-3.

This is Laz Diaz (63)'s first ejection of 2019.
Laz Diaz now has 5 points in the UEFL Standings (7 Prev + 2 MLB - 4 Incorrect Call = 5.
Crew Chief Jeff Nelson now has 9 points in Crew Division (9 Previous + 0 Incorrect Call = 9).
*UEFL Rule 6-2-b-1 (Kulpa Rule): |0| < STRIKE < |.748| < BORDERLINE < |.914| < BALL.
This pitch was located 4.63 horizontal inches from being deemed a correct call.

This is the 189th ejection report of the 2019 MLB regular season.
This is the 93rd player ejection of 2019. Prior to ejection, Cruz did not appear in the game.
This is Minnesota's 4th ejection of 2019, 4th in the AL Central (DET 11; CWS 10; KC 8; MIN 4; CLE 1).
This is Nelson Cruz's 1st ejection since August 31, 2012 (Bill Welke; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).
This is Laz Diaz's 1st ejection since August 25, 2017 (Alex Cora; QOC = U [USC-NEC]).

Wrap: Cleveland Indians vs. Minnesota Twins, 9/7/19 | Video as follows: