Saturday, May 3, 2008

Major League Baseball games played Friday, May 2, 2008: Due to a rainout in Cleveland, only fourteen of what had been scheduled to be a complete slate of fifteen games were played Friday night. And those fourteen games produced a single ejection.

In Philadelphia, where the Phillies hosted the San Francisco Giants, home plate umpire Derryl Cousins ejected Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard in the bottom of the 10th inning for arguing balls and strikes. The called third strike in Howard's at bat in the bottom of the 10th actually was a strike, so Howard was probably still upset over a more questionable called third strike to conclude Howard's previous at bat. The Phillies were trailing 5-4 at the time of Howard's ejection but, thanks to a walk-off home run from the very next batter, the Phillies won the game 6-5. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps from MLB.com are here and here. Additional coverage is available from The Philadelphia Inquirer; The Philadelphia Daily News; The San Francisco Chronicle; The San Jose Mercury News; and The Associated Press.

Credit umpire Derryl Cousins with an ejection -- his second of the season -- and adjust your Umpire Fantasy League standings accordingly.

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