MLB Ejection 128 - Alfonso Marquez (1; Joe Girardi)

HP Umpire Alfonso Marquez ejected Phillies manager Joe Girardi (ball four call; QOCN) in the top of the 9th inning of the #Dodgers-#Phillies game. With two out and one on (R1), Dodgers batter Cody Bellinger took a 3-2 knuckle curve from Phillies pitcher Ian Kennedy for a called fourth ball. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the inner edge of home plate and below the midpoint (px 0.71, pz 3.32 [sz_top 3.55 / RAD 3.67 / MOE 3.59]), the call was incorrect*. At the time of the ejection, the Phillies were leading, 2-1. The Phillies ultimately won the contest, 2-1.

This is Alfonso Marquez (72)'s 1st ejection of 2021.

Alfonso Marquez now has 0 points in the UEFL Standings (2 Prev + 2 MLB - 4 Incorrect Call = 0).

Crew Chief Alfonso Marquez now has 9 points in Crew Division (9 Previous + 0 QOCN = 9).

*UEFL Rule 6-2-b-1 (Kulpa Rule): |0| < STRIKE < |.748| < BORDERLINE < |.914| < BALL.

This pitch was located 0.46 horizontal inches from being deemed correct.

This is the 128th ejection report of the 2021 MLB regular season.

This is the 63rd manager ejection of 2021.

This is Philadelphia's 7th ejection of 2021, T-1st in the NL East (MIA, PHI 7; NYM 6; WAS 3; ATL 0).

This is Joe Girardi's 3rd ejection of 2021, 1st since June 22 (Tim Timmons; QOC = U [Fighting]).

This is Alfonso Marquez's 1st ejection since August 19, 2020 (Danny Santana; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

Wrap: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Phillies, 8/12/21 | Video as follows:

Alternate Link: Girardi tossed as Phils look to seal the deal with 2 out in the 9th (PHI)