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Sunday, September 8, 2013

MLB Ejection 162: Tom Hallion (6; Kirk Gibson)

1B Umpire Tom Hallion ejected Diamondbacks Manager Kirk Gibson for arguing an out (reversed) call in the top of the 10th inning of the Diamondbacks-Giants game. With two out and two on, Diamondbacks
Hallion tosses Gibby as Guccione & Kulpa look on.
batter Aaron Hill hit a 1-1 slider from Giants pitcher George Kontos to first baseman Buster Posey, who threw to Kontos, covering first. Initially ruled safe and reversed to an out upon umpire crew conference, replays indicate Kontos' foot contacted the top of the first base bag prior to Hill's arrival, the call was correct. At the time of the ejection, the contest was tied, 2-2. The Giants ultimately won the contest, 3-2, in 11 innings.

This is Tom Hallion (20)'s sixth ejection of 2013.
Tom Hallion now has 8 points in the UEFL (4 + 2 + 2 Y =8).
Crew Chief Tom Hallion now has 6 points in the UEFL's Crew Division (5 Previous + 1 Correct Call = 6).

This is the 162nd ejection of the 2013 MLB season.
This is the 79th Manger ejection of 2013.
This is the Diamondbacks' 9th ejection of 2013, 2nd in the NL West (LAD 12; ARI 9; SF 4; COL, SD 3).
This is Kirk Gibson's 4th ejection of 2013 and first since September 5 (Tom Hallion; QOC = Incorrect).
This is Tom Hallion's first ejection since Thursday, September 5, 2013 (Kirk Gibson; QOC = Incorrect).

Wrap: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. San Francisco Giants, 9/8/13
Video: Giants receive an out after umpires confer and properly change course on key call (SF)
Video: Gibson rejects Hallion's "getting it right" approach and is ejected defending the point (ARI)