Major League Baseball games played Thursday, August 30, 2007: A partial slate of 10 games played Thursday produced three ejections.

In the Bronx, where the New York Yankees hosted the Boston Red Sox, second base umpire Derryl Cousins ejected Red Sox manager Terry Francona in the top of the 7th inning for arguing an out called because the runner advancing from second base to third base went out of the base path to avoid the tag on a ground ball to the Yankees third baseman. Next, in the top of the 9th inning, home plate umpire Angel Hernandez ejected Yankees relief pitcher Joba Chamberlain after Chamberlain had delivered two high and very inside fastballs in succession to the same Red Sox batter. The Yankees won the game 5-0. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps from MLB.com are here and here. Additional coverage is available from The Boston Globe (here, here, and here); The Boston Herald (here, here, and here); The New York Times (here and here); The New York Daily News (here and here); The New York Post (here, here, here, and here); and The Associated Press. You can view related photos here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

And in Cleveland, where the Indians hosted the Seattle Mariners, home plate umpire Sam Holbrook ejected Indians manager Eric Wedge in the bottom of the 4th inning for arguing that the Mariners pitcher had committed a balk. The Indians won 6-5 on a bases-loaded walk-off walk in the bottom of the 9th inning. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps from MLB.com are here and here. Additional coverage is available from The Cleveland Plain Dealer; The Seattle Times; The Seattle Post-Intelligencer; and The Associated Press. You can view a related photo at this link.

Credit umpire Derryl Cousins with an ejection, his third of the season; credit umpire Angel Hernandez with an ejection, his sixth of the season; credit umpire Sam Holbrook with an ejection, his fifth of the season; and adjust your Umpire Fantasy League standings accordingly.