MLB Ejection 106 - Lance Barksdale (1; Kris Bryant)

HP Umpire Lance Barksdale ejected Cubs 3B Kris Bryant (called third strike; QOCN) in the bottom of the 4th inning of the White Sox-Cubs game. With one out and one on (R2), Bryant took a 2-2 fastball from White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodón for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located off the inner edge of home plate and waist-high (px -1.350, pz 2.842), the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejection, the Cubs were leading, 4-2. The Cubs ultimately won the contest, 7-2.

This is Lance Barksdale (23)'s first ejection of the 2017 MLB regular season.
Lance Barksdale now has -3 points in the UEFL Standings (-1 Prev + 2 MLB - 4 Incorrect Call = -3).
Crew Chief Ted Barrett now has 6 points in Crew Division (6 Previous + 0 Incorrect Call = 6).
*UEFL Rule 6-2-b-1 (Kulpa Rule): |0| < STRIKE < |.748| < BORDERLINE < |.914| < BALL.
*Pitch was 6.212 inches off the inner edge of home plate (-1.350 + Radius_Ball = -1.226 + .708 = .518 * 12 = 6.212). MOE brings pitch no closer than 5"+ from inner edge.

This is the 106th ejection report of 2017.
This is the 43rd player ejection of 2017. Prior to ejection, Bryant was 0-3 (3 SO) in the contest.
This is Chicago-NL's 2nd ejection of 2017, 5th in the NL Central (MIL 5; PIT 4; CIN, STL 3; CHC 2).
This is Kris Bryant's first career MLB ejection.
This is Lance Barksdale's first ejection since June 16, 2015 (Justin De Fratus; QOC = U [Throwing At]).

Wrap: Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs, 7/25/17 | Video as follows:

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