MLB Ejection 138 - CB Bucknor (3; Oliver Marmol)

HP Umpire CB Bucknor ejected Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol (strike one call; QOCN) in the top of the 3rd inning of the #Cardinals-#Diamondbacks game. With one out and two on (R1, R2), Cardinals batter Nolan Arenado took a 0-0 fastball from Diamondbacks pitcher Carson Kelly for a called first strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located above the knee and off the inner edge of home plate (px -1.11, pz 1.80), the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejection, the game was tied, 3-3. The Cardinals ultimately won the contest, 5-4.

This is CB Bucknor (54)'s 3rd ejection of 2022.

CB Bucknor now has -2 points in the UEFL Standings (0 Previous + 2 MLB - 4 Incorrect Call = -2).

Crew Chief Jeff Nelson now has 2 points in Crew Division (2 Previous + 0 Incorrect Call = 2).

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

This pitch was located 2.35 horizontal inches from being deemed correct.

This is the 138th ejection report of the 2022 MLB regular season.

This is the 76th manager ejection of 2022.

This is St Louis' 5th ejection of 2022, T-2nd in the NL Central (CHC 8; PIT, STL 5; MIL 4; CIN 2).

This is Oliver Marmol's 3rd ejection of 2022, 1st since July 22 (Ryan Additon; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

This is CB Bucknor's 3rd ejection of 2022, 1st since July 23 (David Ross; QOC = N [Balls/Strikes]).

Wrap: St Louis Cardinals vs Arizona Diamondbacks, 8/21/22 | Video as follows:

Alternate Link: Striking area quandary perplexes skipper; polite discussion with arbiter follows (STL)