Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Major League Baseball games played Monday, August 20, 2007: A partial slate of 12 games scheduled for play on Monday resulted in 11 games played to completion and one rainout. Those 11 games produced two ejections.

In Miami, where the Florida Marlins hosted the San Francisco Giants, home plate umpire Paul Schrieber ejected Marlins pitching coach Rick Kranitz in the top of the 5th inning while Kranitz was in the course of returning to the dugout after visiting the mound. The Giants won the game 8-7. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps from MLB.com are here and here. Additional coverage is available from The Miami Herald; The South Florida Sun-Sentinel; The San Francisco Chronicle; and The Associated Press.

And in Anaheim, where the Los Angeles Angels hosted the New York Yankees, third base umpire Dan Iassogna ejected Angels manager Mike Scioscia in the bottom of the 8th inning for arguing a checked swing that Iassogna called as a strike. The Angels won the game 7-6 in 10 innings. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps from MLB.com are here and here. Additional coverage is available from The Orange County Register; The Los Angeles Times; The Los Angeles Daily News; The New York Times; The New York Daily News; The New York Post; and The Associated Press. You can view related photos here and here.

Credit Paul Schrieber with an ejection, his first of the season; credit Dan Iassogna with an ejection, his second of the season; and adjust your Umpire Fantasy League standings accordingly.

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