MLB Ejection 097 - Brian Knight (3; Chip Hale)

HP Umpire Brian Knight ejected Diamondbacks Manager Chip Hale for arguing a strike three call in the bottom of the 6th inning of the Giants-Diamondbacks game. With one out and one on, Diamondbacks batter Chris Herrmann took a 2-2 fastball from Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located off the outer edge of home plate and below the hollow of the knee (px -1.023, pz 1.526 [sz_bot 1.610 / MOE 1.527]), the call was incorrect. At the time of the ejection, the Giants were leading, 5-3. The Diamondbacks ultimately won the contest, 6-5.

This is Brian Knight (91)'s third ejection of the 2016 MLB regular season.
Brian Knight now has -4 points in the UEFL Standings (-2 Previous + 2 MLB - 4 Incorrect Call = -4).
Crew Chief Bill Miller now has 4 points in Crew Division (4 Previous + 0 Incorrect Call = 4).

This is the 97th ejection report of the 2016 regular season.
This is the 38th Manager ejection of 2016.
This is Arizona's 3rd ejection of 2016, T-1st in the NL West (ARI, LAD, SD 3; COL 2; SF 0).
This is Chip Hale's 2nd ejection of 2016, 1st since June 7 (Mark Ripperger; QOC = Y [HBP/Foul]).
This is Brian Knight's first ejection since May 14, 2016 (Ray Searage; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

Wrap: San Francisco Giants vs. Arizona Diamondbacks, 7/2/16 | Video available via "Read more"

Alternate Link: D'Backs don't like the strike three call with Hale getting run for it (ARI)