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HP Umpire James Hoye ejected Orioles RF Rámon Laureano and interim manager Tony Mansolino (check swing strike three call by 1B Umpire John Libka) in the top of the 3rd inning of the #Orioles-#Rays game. With one out and one on, Orioles batter Laureano attempted to check his swing on a 1-2 cutter from Rays pitcher Ryan Pepiot, ruled a ball by HP Umpire Hoye and called a swinging third strike on appeal by 1B Umpire Libka. At the time of the ejection, the Orioles were leading, 4-0. The Orioles ultimately won the contest, 5-3.

HP Umpire James Hoye ejected Orioles LF Ramón Laureano (strike three call; QOCY) in the bottom of the 6th inning of the #Twins-#Orioles game. With two out and one on, Orioles batter Laureano took a 3-2 fastball from Twins pitcher Brock Stewart for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the outer edge of home plate and thigh-high (px 0.78, pz 2.17), the call was correct.* At the time of the ejection, the Twins were leading, 4-3. The Twins ultimately won the contest, 6-3.

3B Umpire James Hoye ejected Brewers manager Pat Murphy (obstruction call; QOCY) in the bottom of the 6th inning of the #Brewers-#Rays game. With two out and one on, Rays baserunner Junior Caminero attempted to steal second base, drawing a throw from Brewers catcher William Contreras as Rays baserunner R3 Christopher Morel ran far off third base, drawing a throw to third baseman Caleb Durbin, who was called for obstruction. Replays indicate Durbin blocked Morel's path to the base without possession of the ball and not in a legitimate attempt to field the throw, the call was correct. At the time of the ejection, the Rays were leading, 3-2. The Rays ultimately won the contest, 4-3.

2B Umpire James Hoye ejected Rays pitcher Edwin Uceta (throwing at Nick Castellanos) in the bottom of the 8th inning of the #Rays-#Phillies game. With two out and one on (R2), Phillies batter Castellanos took a 0-0 sinker from Rays pitcher Uceta for a hit-by-pitch. Replays indicate the pitch was located inside and struck Castellanos on the backside; warnings had not previously been issued, the call was irrecusable. At the time of the ejection, the Phillies were leading, 9-4. The Phillies ultimately won the contest, 9-4.

HP Umpire James Hoye ejected Athletics manager Mark Kotsay (strike one call to Max Scheumann; QOCY) in the top of the 6th inning of the #Braves-#Athletics game. With none out and none on, A's batter Schuemann took a 1-0 sinker and 1-1 curveball from Braves pitcher Jimmy Herget for called first and second strikes, respectively. Replays indicate the pitch ruled strike one was located over the inner edge of home plate and thigh-high (px -0.82, pz 2.55), the call was correct.* At the time of the ejection, the Braves were leading, 9-8. The A's ultimately won the contest, 11-9.

HP Umpire James Hoye ejected White Sox catching coach Drew Butera (ball four call to Carlos Correa; QOCY) in the top of the 1st inning of the #WhiteSox-#Twins game. With two out and none on, Twins batter Correa took a 3-1 fastball from White Sox pitcher Chris Flexen for a called fourth ball. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the heart of home plate and below the hollow of the knee (px 0.07, pz 1.49 [sz_bot 1.76 / RAD 1.64]), the call was correct.* At the time of the ejection, the game was tied, 0-0. The Twins ultimately won the contest, 10-5.

HP Umpire Marvin Hudson ejected Astros pitcher Bryan Abreu (throwing at Rangers batter Adolis Garcia) and Rangers RF Garcia (fighting) and LF Umpire James Hoye ejected Astros manager Dusty Baker (arguing ejection) in the bottom of the 8th inning of the #Astros-#Rangers game. With none out and one on, Rangers batter Garcia took a first-pitch fastball from Astros pitcher Abreu for a hit-by-pitch. Replays indicate the pitch was located inside and struck Garcia in the upper left arm, the call was irrecusable. At the time of the ejections, the Rangers were leading, 4-2. The Astros ultimately won the contest, 5-4.

These are Marvin Hudson (51)'s 6th and 7th ejections of 2023.

Astros pitcher Framber Valdez struggled to field a soft ground ball by Royals batter Logan Porter and threw wildly to first base, Houston 1B Jose Abreu throwing his glove to stop the ball. Although Abreu's thrown glove struck Valdez's thrown ball, keeping it on the infield, HP Umpire Derek Thomas and 3B Umpire John Libka both saw a rules infraction and 2B Umpire James Hoye's crew met after the play to determine base awards.

HP Umpire James Hoye ejected Yankees assistant hitting coach Brad Wilkerson (strike two call to Anthony Volpe; QOCN) in the top of the 8th inning of the #Yankees-#Marlins game. With none out and none on, Volpe took a 2-1 sweeper from Marlins pitcher AJ Puk for a called second strike before striking out on the next pitch. Replays indicate the pitch ruled strike two was located over the heart of home plate and below the hollow of the knee (px 0.01, pz 1.31 [sz_bot 1.55 / RAD 1.43 / MOE 1.35]), the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejection, the Yankees were leading, 7-2. The Marlins ultimately won the contest, 8-7.

This is James Hoye (92)'s 3rd ejection of 2023.

HP Umpire James Hoye ejected Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán (failed illegal substance check) in the 4th inning of the #Yankees-#BlueJays game. While performing his MLB-mandated foreign substance inspection in the 4th inning, HP Umpire Hoye discovered an illegal substance on German's hands, resulting in ejection for violating the league's illegal substance policy and Official Baseball Rule 6.02(c)(7), the call was irrecusable.* At the time of the ejection, the Yankees were leading, 2-0.

This is James Hoye (92)'s 1st ejection of 2023.

1B Umpire James Hoye ejected Twins manager Rocco Baldelli (illegal substance check/non-ejection of Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán) in the top of the 4th inning of the #Twins-#Yankees game. Prior to the top of the 4th inning, umpires were seen meeting with several members of the Yankees, notably Germán and manager Aaron Boone, following an illegal substance inspection of Germán's hand conducted by Hoye in the middle of the third inning. After the conclusion of this discussion between umpires and New York, Baldelli argued that Germán should have been ejected pursuant to the illegal substance rule, and was himself ejected for his extended argument. Following the game, it was revelaed that Germán had excess rosin on his hands (e.g., OBR 4.01(f) requires a rosin bag be placed on the mound). Rosin is not an illegal substance, so OBR 6.02(c)(7) does not apply, but instead Hoye's "wash your hands" instruction to Germán was akin to a don't-do-that rule, as in don't have excess rosin on your hands, the remedy for which is NOT ejection or removal but simple remediation of performing the required act, the call was irrecusable. At the time of the ejection, the Yankees were leading, 3-0. The Yankees ultimately won the contest, 6-1.

Aledmys Diaz grounded out to complete Houston's extra-inning loss to Philadelphia in Game 1 of the 2022 #Phillies-#Astros #WorldSeries, but not after he tried to get on base another way. Two pitches before the game-ending groundout, HP Umpire James Hoye denied Diaz free passage to first base on a hit-by-pitch from Phillies pitcher David Robertson, ruling that Diaz failed to make an attempt to avoid being touched by the ball, which by rule excludes the customary first base award on a standard HBP. 

HP Umpire James Hoye ejected Athletics manager Bob Melvin (Replay Review decision that overturned 1B Umpire Erich Bacchus' out call at first base) in the bottom of the 7th inning of the #Athletics-#Angels game. With one out and two on (R1, R2), Angels batter Luis Rengifo hit 2-2 changeup from A's pitcher Deolis Guerra on the ground to first baseman Matt Olson, who threw to shortstop Elvis Andrus to retire Angels baserunner R1 Jared Walsh, and onto first base as Rengifo arrived, originally ruled out. Upon Replay Review as the result of a manager's challenge by Angels manager Joe Maddon, Bacchus' out call was overturned to safe. Replays indicate A's pitcher Guerra did not maintain possession of the ball as necessary to establish a catch for the required tag of first base, the call was correct. At the time of the ejection, the A's were leading, 3-0. The A's ultimately won the contest, 3-1.

This is James Hoye (92)'s 3rd ejection of 2021.

3B Umpire James Hoye ejected Indians manager Terry Francona (out call/two runners in contact with a base; QOCN) in the bottom of the 8th inning of the #Royals-#Indians game. With none out and two on (R1, R3), Indians batter Amed Rosario hit a first-pitch changeup from Royals pitcher Brad Keller on the ground to shortstop Nicky Lopez who threw to catcher Salvador Perez as Indians baserunner R3 Daniel Johnson ran in between third and home. Perez ran Johnson back to third base as trailing runner R1 Cesar Hernandez slid into third; Perez tagged both players, with Hoye ruling both runners out—following runner Hernandez for being tagged while two runners were in contact with the same base and preceding runner Johnson out as Johnson broke contact with third base after the initial tag attempt. Replays indicate following runner Hernandez was not tagged while preceding runner Johnson was also in contact with the base, while preceding runner Johnson was tagged while off his base, the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejection, the game was tied, 1-1. The Indians ultimately won the contest, 2-1.

HP Umpire James Hoye ejected Pirates pinch hitter Phillip Evans (strike three call; QOCY) in the bottom of the 9th inning of the #Cardinals-#Pirates game. With none out and one on (R1), Evans took a 0-2 fastball from Cardinals pitcher Ryan Helsley for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the inner edge of home plate and thigh-high (px -0.75, pz 2.22) 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, 7-3. The Cardinals ultimately won the contest, 7-3.

This is James Hoye (92)'s 1st ejection of 2021.

HP Umpire James Hoye ejected Marlins Manager Don Mattingly (ball three call; QOCN) in the top of the 5th inning of the #Braves-#Marlins game. With one out and none on, Braves batter Tyler Flowers took a 2-1 fastball from Marlins pitcher Elieser Hernandez for a called third ball. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the heart of home plate and at the hollow of the knee (px 0.07, pz 1.62 [sz_bot 1.62 / RAD 1.50 / MOE 1.58]), the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejection, the game was tied, 0-0. The Braves ultimately won the contest, 4-0.

This is James Hoye (92)'s first ejection of 2020.
James Hoye now has -2 points in the UEFL Standings (0 Prev + 2 MLB - 4 Incorrect Call = -2).
Crew Chief Mark Carlson now has -2 points in Crew Division (-2 Previous + 0 Incorrect Call = -2).

This is the 18th ejection report of the 2020 MLB regular season.
This is the seventh Manager ejection of 2020.
This is Miami's 1st ejection of 2020, T-1st in the NL East (MIA, WAS1; ATL, NYM, PHI 0).
This is Don Mattingly's 1st ejection sinceAugust 9, 2019 (John Tumpane; QOC = N [Balk]).
This is James Hoye's 1st ejection sinceJuly 13, 2019 (Joey Votto; QOC = N [Balls/Strikes]).

Wrap:Atlanta Braves vs. Miami Marlins, 8/16/20 | Video as follows:

Tuesday's Mets-Red Sox game featured an inning-ending bases loaded double time play wherein umpires had to adjust to both teams making key mistakes: Boston ran itself into an out while New York surrendered an unnecessary run. This is a fascinating video to analyze. So what happened?