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Sunday, September 8, 2013

MLB Ejection 161: Hunter Wendelstedt (4; Bo Porter)

HP Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt ejected Astros Manager Bo Porter for arguing a ball four call in the bottom of the 5th inning of the Astros-Athletics game. With two out and one on, A's batter Daric Barton took a 3-1
HW wants nothing to do with Bo and turns his back.
changeup from Astros pitcher Erik Bedard for a called fourth ball. Replays indicate the pitch was located chest high (above the midpoint) and over the inner half of home plate (sz_top 3.540, pz 3.786) and that all pitches during at bat were properly officiated (#1; pz 3.555), the call was correct. At the time of the ejection, the A's were leading, 7-1. The A's ultimately won the contest, 7-2.

This is Hunter Wendelstedt (21)'s fourth ejection of 2013.
Hunter Wendelstedt now has 14 points in the UEFL (10+2+2=14).
Crew Chief Jerry Layne now has 13 points in the UEFL's Crew Division (12 Previous + 1 Correct Call = 13).

This is the 161st ejection of the 2013 MLB season.
This is the 78th Manger ejection of 2013.
This is the Astros' 4th ejection of 2013, 2nd in the AL West (OAK 6; HOU 4; TEX 3; LAA 2; SEA 1).
This is Bo Porter's 3rd ejection of 2013 and first since Thursday, Sep 5 (Mark Ripperger; QOC = Correct).
This is Hunter Wendelstedt's first ejection since July 13, 2013 (Bryce Harper; QOC = Correct).

Wrap: Houston Astros vs. Oakland Athletics, 9/8/13
Video: After two consecutive walks—with a 100% accuracy rating for umpire Hunter—Porter tossed (HOU)