The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 on Monday night. The Brewers believed they had tied the game in the bottom of the ninth when Sal Frelick scored on a wild pitch, but home plate umpire Ryan Additon promptly called Jake Bauers for interference and returned the runners. Bauers had hit catcher Rene Pinto in the helmet on his backswing, and the play was called dead right away.
Pat Murphy, the Brewers’ manager, then walked out to protest the call. Murphy was ejected from the game following a healthy and respectful exchange. It was his sixth career expulsion and first in Milwaukee. Even as he wakes up this morning, he may be unsure whether he was correct or not.
Murphy continued to argue his case in his postgame press conference while flanked by three grandchildren, which seems like the perfect way to keep yourself from saying something that might get you fined. You can’t go on a expletive-filled rant in front of children when you’re trying to instill virtues in the youth like knowing the rulebook.
