Ejection 142: Gary Darling (7)

HP Umpire Gary Darling ejected Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera for arguing a called strike in the bottom of the 1st inning of the A's-Indians game. With one out and none on, Cabrera took a 3-2 curveball from A's pitcher Travis Blackley for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located at the hollow of the knee and over the inner half of home plate (sz_bot = 1.590; pz = 1.577; MoE = 0.0833), the call was correct. At the time of the ejection, the contest was tied, 0-0. The A's ultimately won the contest, 8-4.

This is Gary Darling (27)'s seventh ejection of 2012.
Gary Darling now has 20 points in the UEFL (16 Previous + 2 MLB + 2 Correct Call = 20).
Crew Chief Gary Darling now has 10 points in the UEFL's Crew Division (9 Previous + 1 Correct = 10).

UEFL Standings Update

This is the 142nd ejection of 2012.
This is the 60th player ejection of 2012.
This is the Indians' 7th ejection of 2012, T-2nd in the AL Central (DET 9; CLE, CWS, KC 7; MIN 6).
This is Asdrubal Cabrera's first career ejection.
This is Gary Darling's first ejection since August 11 (Carlos Gomez; QOC = Correct).

Wrap: Athletics at Indians, 8/29/12
Video: Cabrera ejected for arguing a called strike in the first inning of the Oakland-Cleveland game (OAK)
Pitch f/x courtesy Brooks Baseball