MLB Ejections 070-1 - Hunter Wendelstedt (2-3; MIA x2)

1B Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt ejected Marlins catcher Jacob Stallings and manager Skip Schumaker (pitch clock violation by HP Umpire Marvin Hudson; QOCN) in the bottom of the 8th inning of the #Marlins-#Giants game. With none out and none on, Giants batter JD Davis took a 3-2 fastball from Marlins pitcher Bryan Hoeing for a called fourth ball. Replays indicate HP Umpire Hudson signaled "Time" as Hoeing was in the midst of his delivery to home plate and that, prior to that, batter Davis failed to be alert to the pitcher prior to the eight-second mark on the pitch timer; this should have been a pitch timer violation on the batter, the call was incorrect.* At the time of the ejections, the Giants were leading, 4-3. The Giants ultimately won the contest, 4-3.

These are Hunter Wendelstedt (21)'s 2nd and 3rd ejections of 2023.

*In postgame comments, Crew Chief Hudson stated, "He [Stallings] stood up and called time with about three seconds left. [He] never mentioned at that point about going to the mound. At that point, it’s a violation on him. It’s Ball 4 for the batter because it was a 3-2 count...When he called time and didn’t tell me right away he was going to the mound, that turned into a violation."

According to Stallings, however, "[1B Umpire Wendelstedt] kept telling me I’m not allowed to call time."

According to Schumaker, "Davis was not engaged for me. Stallings was trying to call timeout to show that he was not engaged and it should be a strike. He’s trying to call timeout. He’s allowed to call timeout to go run out to talk to the pitcher. He wasn’t granted it. And then we saw the umpire call timeout with his hands up. He [Stallings] said he [Hudson] called the timeout. That was the disagreement. It was still Ball 4."

These are the 70th and 71st ejection reports of the 2023 MLB regular season.

This is the 31st player ejection of 2023.

This is the 33rd manager ejection of 2023. Ejection Tally: 33 Managers, 31 Players, 7 Coaches.

This is Miami's 5/6th ejection of 2023, 1st in the NL East (MIA 6; PHI 5; NYM 2; ATL 1; WAS 0).

This is Jacob Stallings' 1st ejection since Sept 18, 2020 (Jeremie Rehak; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

This is Skip Schumaker's 2nd ejection of 2023, 1st since April 22 (Dan Merzel; QOC = Y [Balls/Strikes]).

This is Hunter Wendelstedt's 2/3rd ejection of 2023, 1st since May 5 (Kyle Freeland; QOC = U [Check Swing]).

Wrap: Miami Marlins vs San Francisco Giants, 5/19/23 | Video as follows:

Alternate Link: "Time" and pitch clock violation controversy in SF nets ejections