MLB Ejection 107 - Mark Ripperger (1; Ron Gardenhire)

HP Umpire Mark Ripperger ejected Tigers Manager Ron Gardenhire (ball two call; QOCY) in the top of the 4th inning of the Nationals-Tigers game. With two out and one on (R3), Nationals batter Brian Dozier took a 1-2 slider from Tigers pitcher Gregory Soto for called second ball. Replays indicate the pitch was located off the outer edge of home plate and at the midpoint (px 0.83, pz 2.82 [sz_top 2.86]) and that all pitches during the at-bat were properly officiated, the call was correct.* At the time of the ejection, the Nationals were leading, 2-0. The Tigers ultimately won the contest, 7-5.

This is Mark Ripperger (90)'s first ejection of 2019.
Mark Ripperger now has 3 points in the UEFL Standings (-1 Prev + 2 MLB + 2 Correct Call = 3).
Crew Chief Brian O'Nora now has 4 points in Crew Division (3 Previous + 1 Correct Call = 4).
*UEFL Rule 6-2-b-1 (Kulpa Rule): |0| < STRIKE < |.748| < BORDERLINE < |.914| < BALL.
*This pitch was located 1.01 horizontal inches from being deemed an incorrect call.

This is the 107th ejection report of the 2019 MLB regular season.
This is the 56th Manager ejection of 2019.
This is Detroit's 8th ejection of 2019, 1st in the AL Central (DET 8; CWS, KC 6; CLE, MIN 1).
This is Ron Gardenhire's 7th ejection of 2019, 1st since June 22 (Roberto Ortiz; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).
This is Mark Ripperger's 1st ejection since Sept 6, 2018 (Steven Souza; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

Wrap: Washington Nationals vs. Detroit Tigers, 6/29/19 | Video as follows:

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