Major League Baseball games played Wednesday, September 5, 2007: A complete slate of 15 games played Wednesday produced two ejections.

In the Bronx, where the New York Yankees hosted the Seattle Mariners, home plate umpire Larry Vanover ejected Mariners pitcher Rick White in the bottom of the 8th inning for arguing balls and strikes. The Yankees won the game 10-2. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps from MLB.com are here and here. Additional coverage is available from The Seattle Times; The Seattle Post-Intelligencer; The New York Times; The New York Daily News (here and here); The New York Post; and The Associated Press.

And in St. Petersburg, Florida, where the Tampa Bay Devil Rays hosted the Baltimore Orioles, home plate umpire Chad Fairchild -- a 2007 minor league call-up umpire -- ejected Orioles catcher Paul Bako in the top of the 5th inning for reacting improperly to a called third strike. The Devil Rays won the game 17-2. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps from MLB.com are here and here. Additional coverage is available from The Baltimore Sun; The Tampa Tribune; and The Associated Press.

Credit umpire Larry Vanover with an ejection, his fifth of the season; credit umpire Chad Fairchild with an ejection, also his fifth of the season; and adjust your Umpire Fantasy League standings accordingly.