Trea Turner and Dave Martinez get ejected, a breakdown
What Happened
In a National League East divisional matchup, the Washington Nationals are facing off against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park. It's the top of the second inning and Nationals shortstop Trea Turner steps up to the plate against Braves starting pitcher Max Soroka. Turner takes a pitch that home plate umpire Mike Estabrook calls a strike, but Turner vehemently disagrees with the call. Frustrated, Turner flings his bat in protest. When he steps back up to the plate, Soroka gets him to foul off a pitch and then on a 3-2 count, Estabrook rings up Turner again, this time calling him out on strikes. Turner is outraged by the call, believing it to be the same pitch Estabrook had previously deemed a ball. He begins arguing with the umpire, gesturing and shouting, before Estabrook ejects him from the game. Nationals manager Dave Martinez rushes out to defend his player, also getting thrown out by Estabrook for continuing the argument. "It's the same damn thing, you've tossed him for nothing, absolutely nothing," Martinez shouts at Estabrook. "That's crap, that's crap, it's absolute crap and you know it." The Nationals are trailing the Braves 1-0 in the top of the second inning, with the Braves holding a slim lead in the NL East division race. Tensions are high as the Nationals try to keep pace in the playoff hunt, but Estabrook's quick trigger has now cost them their starting shortstop and manager in a crucial divisional matchup. The ejections of Turner and Martinez add to the growing frustration felt by the Nationals, who believe Estabrook's strike zone has been inconsistent and unfair throughout the game. As the two teams continue to battle, the umpiring controversy only serves to heighten the intensity of the rivalry between these NL East foes.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentthe Nationals are in Atlanta acting like
they have a chance to win the division
they don't but they got the wild-card
locked up Trey Turner's at bat in the
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Soroka is having a great year so this
was in the second inning and Trey Turner
gets called out on this pitch and does
not like it one bit
umpire Mike Estabrook known for having a
bad zone known for having a short fuse
rings him up says it's not a strike no
it's not throw his bat next time he's up
fouls that one back and then Soroka is
gonna get him on the slow pitch there
alright we're gonna cut to the 3-2 pitch
cuz this is where it is and fouls that
one back now go to the 3-2 pitch come on
didn't I edit this I know what's coming
up there it is and he does not like
[Applause]
says it's a ball gets thrown out you
come back after I gave you a chance to
keep walking
you came back why'd you toss them why'd
you throw them out
you can't believe should've kept walking
should've kept walking you can't argue
Boston strikes
no you can't argue balls and strikes
looking like he made out with the bottle
of suntan lotion going with the
permanent milk stains it's supposed to
be fair man it's supposed to be fair
it's [ __ ] the same as the last pitch
before now he's talking about balls and
strikes with him telling him you rung
him up on the same pitch last thing and
it was wrong it's the same [ __ ] thing
you've tossed him for nothing absolutely
nothing that's crap
that's crap it's absolute [ __ ] and
you know it yeah I don't know bad calls
it did sell him he's [ __ ] terrible
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Turner Martinez ejected Estabrook with
his white lips always running people
because he's got a bad zone and they to
let him know and he doesn't like that