HP Umpire Ed Hickox ejected Yankees manager Aaron Boone (strike one call; QOCN) and 3B Umpire Vic Carapazza ejected Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake (strike three call; QOCN) in the top of the 5th inning of the #Yankees-#Cardinals game. With two out and two on (R2, R3), Yankees batter Matt Carpenter took a 1-0 curveball from Cardinals pitcher Chris Stratton for a called first strike, resulting in Boone's ejection. Replays indicate the pitch was located off the outer edge of home plate and waist-high (px -1.22, pz 2.84), the call was incorrect. Carpenter then took a 2-2 fastball from Stratton for a called third strike, resulting in Blake's ejection. Replays indicate the pitch was located off the outer edge of home plate and thigh-high (px -0.99, pz 2.16), the call was incorrect. At the time of the ejections, the game was tied, 6-6. The Cardinals ultimately won the contest, 12-9.
This is Ed Hickox (15)'s 1st ejection of 2022.
This is Vic Carapazza (19)'s 3rd ejection of 2022.
Ed Hickox now has -2 points in the UEFL Standings (0 Previous + 2 MLB - 4 Incorrect Call = -2).
Vic Carapazza now has 0 points in the UEFL Standings (0 Prev + 2 MLB - 2 Incorrect-Crewmate = 0).
Crew Chief Jerry Meals now has 0 points in Crew Division (0 Previous + 0 Incorrect Call = 0).
*UEFL Rule 6-2-b-1 (Kulpa Rule): |0| < STRIKE < |.748| < BORDERLINE < |.914| < BALL.
The 1-0 pitch was located 3.67 horizontal inches from being deemed correct.
The 2-2 pitch was located 0.91 horizontal inches from being deemed correct.
These are the 124th ejection reports of the 2022 MLB regular season.
This is the 68th manager ejection of 2022.
This is New York's 9/10th ejection of 2022, 1st in the AL East (NYY 10; TOR 8; BAL, BOS 4; TB 3).