Ejections: John Tumpane (1, 2)

HP Umpire John Tumpane ejected Rays Manager Joe Maddon and pitcher David Price for arguing an out call in the top of the 7th inning of the Rays-Tigers game. With one out and three on, Rays batter Casey Kotchman flied out to Tigers right fielder Magglio Ordonez on a 3-2 fastball. Rays R3 Justin Ruggiano was ruled out at home, Ordonez to Tigers catcher Alex Avila. Replays indicate that Avila did not touch Ruggiano on his swipe tag attempt before Ruggiano touched the plate, the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejection, the Tigers were leading, 1-0. The Tigers ultimately won the contest, 2-1, in 10 innings.

These are John Tumapne (74)'s first and second ejection of 2011.
John Tumpane now has -4 points in the Umpire Ejection Fantasy League (0 Previous + 3 AAA + -1 Penalty + -4 Incorrect Call + 3 AAA + -1 Penalty + -4 Incorrect Call = -4)

John Tumpane was undrafted in 2011.
*Quality of Correctness was challenged and confirmed ("Incorrect" => "Incorrect")

These are the 73rd and 74th ejections of 2011.
This is the 39th manager ejection of 2011.

This is the 33rd player ejection of 2011.

This is Joe Maddon's third ejection of 2011.
David Price did not participate in this contest.

These are John Tumpane's first and second career ejections.

Wrap: TB @ DET 6/13/11 Wrap
Video: Maddon is Ejected by Tumpane

Video (2): Alternative Angle