MLB News: New York Mets manager Buck Showalter has been tossed from another game with his most recent ejection coming on Wednesday night against the Milwaukee Brewers.
In the eighth inning the Mets trailed the Brewers by a run. Milwaukee mounted a two out rally as Brian Anderson doubled and then Blake Perkins drew a walk. This brought up rookie Joey Wiemer. Wiemer was down in the count 0-1 and then was struck in the knuckles by a pitch. Depending upon who you ask, he may have swung the bat.
After discussion the umpires deemed that Wiemer did not swing and he was granted first base. This loaded the bases for Christian Yelich. He ended up hitting a single that scored two runs and extended the Brewers lead to three. Following Yelich’s hit Mets manager buck Showalter stormed the field, started arguing with first base umpire Ron Kulpa, and was ejected.
MLB News: New York Mets manager Buck Showalter was ejected for arguing a hit by pitch call against Milwaukee Brewers rookie Joey Wiemer.
Buck Showalter has been ejected after arguing that Joey Weimer swung on a hit by pitch pic.twitter.com/OTF5n0Gyb6
— SNY (@SNYtv) June 29, 2023
As mentioned above the umpire’s decision to grant Joey Wiemer first base ended up being a game changing moment. It was a big call to go against the Mets and Showalter’s decision to argue about it was likely a build up of emotion and stress surrounding how his team has not lived up to expectations this year.
Over the past four days Buck Showalter has been ejected twice and his season total is up to three.
The Brewers and Mets will play the final game of their four game series on Thursday night. Milwaukee is already guaranteed at worst a series split. This means that the New York Mets have gone all of June without winning a series.
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