PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates supervisor Derek Shelton, bench coach Don Kelly and pitching coach Oscar Marin have been ejected by plate umpire Nic Lentz throughout the identical at-bat for arguing ball/strike calls within the sixth inning Sunday evening in a doubleheader nightcap in opposition to Cincinnati Reds.

Pittsburgh led 4-3 when Luke Maile walked with two outs, loading the bases. After the ejections, TJ Friedl hit an inning-ending flyout off Cody Bolton. The Reds rallied for a 6-5 victory within the tenth inning to separate the doubleheader.

Third base coach Mike Rabelo took over as appearing supervisor after the ejections.

Shelton mentioned after the sport that the Pirates weren’t pleased with a known as third strike to Bryan Reynolds within the backside of the fifth. Then, they have been upset with two pitches to Maile that have been known as a ball, on a 1-2 and a 3-2 rely.

“I asked (Lentz) an inning earlier on the pitch that Reynolds struck out on where it was at,” Shelton mentioned. “He told me it was up and I said I didn’t think it was up. The two pitches to Maile, in my opinion, were in the same spot.”

Chad Fairchild, the second base umpire and crew chief, spoke to a pool reporter after the sport.

“They were warned to stop,” Fairchild mentioned. “When Nic looked over there, there were multiple personnel in their dugout arguing balls and strikes.”

Fairchild mentioned that Lentz initially eliminated Kelly adopted by Shelton after he got here onto the sphere to argue balls and strikes.

“After that, (Marin) was also continuing to argue balls and strikes so he was removed from the game,” Fairchild mentioned. “It was multiple personnel arguing balls and strikes. At that point, when we’re looking over there and we’ve got multiple people, we had to do our job and that’s exactly what happened.”

Fairchild mentioned that Shelton and his coaches have been warned following the 1-2 rely and the ejections occurred after the 3-2 pitch.

Shelton mentioned that he was ejected on the sphere, Marin was ejected for yelling from the dugout, however Kelly didn’t say something.

“Donnie didn’t say a word. Not a word,” Shelton mentioned. “I think the most frustrating thing is he just started running people and basically said, ’You’re all gone.” You very not often see Donnie Kelly lose his cool and you bought to see Donnie Kelly lose his cool. The first two have been warranted, in all probability – arguing balls and strikes. The final one, I feel he simply began throwing folks out and was not conscious of what the state of affairs was.”

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