MLB Ejection 47 - Chad Fairchild (2; Ben Heller)

1B Umpire Chad Fairchild ejected Yankees pitcher Ben Heller (throwing at Rays batter Hunter Renfroe) in the top of the 5th inning of the #Rays-#Yankees game. With one out and none on, Renfroe took a 0-0 fastball from Heller for a hit-by-pitch, resulting in a crew consultation and ejection. Replays indicate the pitch was located inside and struck Renfroe on his thigh; warnings had not previously been issued, the call was irrecsuable. At the time of the ejection, the Rays were leading, 5-0. The Rays ultimately won the contest, 5-2.

This is Chad Fairchild (4)'s second ejection of 2020.
Chad Fairchild now has 3 points in the UEFL Standings (1 Prev + 2 MLB + 0 Irrecusable = 3).
Crew Chief Chad Fairchild now has 3 points in Crew Division (2 Previous + 1 QOCU = 3).

This is the 47th ejection report of the 2020 MLB regular season.
This is the 20th player ejection of 2020. Prior to ejection, Heller's line was 0.1 IP, HBP.
This is New York's 4th ejection of 2020, T-1st in the AL East (NYY, TOR 4; TB 2; BAL, BOS 0).
This is Ben Heller's first career MLB ejection.
This is Chad Fairchild's 2nd ejection of 2020, 1st since Sept 1 (Kevin Cash; QOC = U [Warnings]).

Wrap: Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees, 9/2/20 | Video as follows:

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