Ejection 075: Tony Randazzo (1)

HP Umpire Tony Randazzo ejected A's center fielder Coco Crisp for arguing a strike call in the bottom of the 6th inning of the Giants-A's game. With one out and none on, A's batter Coco Crisp took a 3-2 slider from Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located thigh high and over the outside corner of the plate (px value of 0.877), the call was correct.* At the time of the ejection, the Giants were leading, 6-4.The Giants ultimately won the contest, 9-8.

This is Tony Randazzo (11)'s first ejection of 2012.
Tony Randazzo now has 4 points in the UEFL (0 Previous + 2 MLB + 2 Correct Call = 4).
Crew Chief Brian Gorman now has 3 points in the UEFL's Crew Division (2 Previous + 1 Correct Call = 3).
*After review, Quality of Correctness has been affirmed in a 6-0 decision by the UEFL Appeals Board.
*Historical UEFL Appeals Board decisions may be consulted via the UEFL Portal.*

UEFL Standings Update

This is the 75th ejection of 2012.
This is the 29th player ejection of 2012.
This is the A's' 4th ejection of 2012 (first non-Bob Melvin ejection for the A's), 1st in the AL West.
This is Coco Crisp's first ejection since 2010 (Bob Davidson; QOC = Incorrect).
This is Tony Randazzo's first ejection since June 4, 2011 (Jason Varitek and Jonathan Papelbon; QOC = Correct).

Wrap: Giants at A's 6/23/12
Video: Crisp is ejected by Randazzo for arguing strike three call (11:10)

Pitch f/x courtesy Brooks Baseball