HP Umpire Tom Hallion ejected Astros second baseman Bill Hall for arguing a strike call in the top of the 7th inning of the Astros-Reds game. With none out and none on, Hall took a 0-0 cutter and 0-1 slider from Reds pitcher Logan Ondrusek for called first and second strikes. Replays indicate all callable pitches during Hall's at bat were accurately ruled, the call was correct. At the time of the ejection, the Reds were leading, 6-1. The Reds ultimately won the contest, 10-4.
This is Tom Hallion (20)'s second ejection of 2011.
Tom Hallion now has 8 points in the Umpire Ejection Fantasy League (4 Previous + 2 MLB + 2 Correct Call = 8).
Tom Hallion is owned as a Primary Umpire by zcr57, who is now in 2nd place in the UEFL with 8 points.
This is the 28th ejection of 2011.
This is the 11th player ejection of 2011.
This is the 11th player ejection of 2011.
Prior to his ejection, Hall was 1-3 in the contest.
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Pitch f/x courtesy Brooks Baseball
