Saturday, June 23, 2007

Ejection in Queens: In this evening's game between the Oakland Athletics and the New York Mets, Mets starting catcher Paul Lo Duca was ejected by home plate umpire Marvin Hudson in the middle of Lo Duca's at bat in the bottom of the 6th inning. At the time of the ejection, Lo Duca had two strikes. Mets back-up catcher Ramon Castro came into the game facing a count of 0-2 and, on the very next pitch, struck out swinging. Under the applicable Major League Baseball scorekeeping rules, Lo Duca is charged with the at bat and the strikeout. It was Lo Duca's second and final strikeout of the game.

You can access the box score of the game, which remains scoreless heading into the top of the eighth inning, at this link. And you can view photos of the ejection here, here, and here.

Credit Marvin Hudson with one ejection and adjust your Umpire Fantasy League standings accordingly.

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