MLB Ejections 69-70 - Junior Valentine (1-2; PHI x2)

HP Umpire Junior Valentine ejected Phillies CF Roman Quinn and Manager Joe Girardi (strike three call; QOCY) in the top of the 3rd inning of the #Phillies-#Nationals game. With none out and one on, Quinn took a 3-2 splitter from Nationals pitcher Anibal Sanchez for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the inner half of home plate and at the hollow of the knee (px 0.54, pz 1.57 [sz_bot 1.56 / RAD 1.44]) and that all other 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 Nationals ultimately won the contest, 5-1.

These are Junior Valentine (115)'s first and second ejections of 2020.
Junior Valentine now has 7 points in the UEFL Standings (-1 Prev + 2*[2 AAA + 2 Correct Call] = 7).
Crew Chief Joe West now has 7 points in Crew Division (5 Previous + 2*[1 Correct Call] = 7).

*This pitch was located 2.59 vertical inches from being deemed incorrect.

These are the 69th and 70th ejection reports of the 2020 MLB regular season.

This is the 33rd player ejection of 2020. Prior to ejection, Quinn was 0-1 (SO) in the contest.

This is the 29th Manager ejection of 2020.

This is Philadelphia's 4/5th ejection of 2020, 1st in the NL East (PHI 5; WAS 3; MIA 1; ATL, NYM 0).

This is Roman Quinn's first career MLB ejection.

This is Joe Girardi's 2nd ejection of 2020, 1st since Aug 30 (Bill Welke; QOC = N-c [Fair/Foul]).

These are Junior Valentine's first career MLB ejections.

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