
Video: Watch Reds' Jesse Winker, David Bell Get Ejected After Screaming at Ump
The Cincinnati Reds may be in favor of automated ball and strike calls after Thursday's display from home-plate umpire Marty Foster.
With Jesse Winker batting in the top of the ninth inning against the New York Mets, Foster called strike two on a borderline pitch. Winker proceeded to argue and was ejected just as his manager, David Bell, came charging out to protect his player.
Bell was also ejected.
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That it was Winker who was ejected was not lost on Mets fans. The Reds outfielder waved goodbye to the fans following a game-ending sliding catch in Wednesday's contest, which drew boos as he led off Thursday's contest. He waved again after the ejection:
"There were a lot of different expletives," Winker said of his Wednesday back-and-forth with Mets fans, per Dan Martin of the New York Post. "It's fun. At some point, I heard them chanting my mom's name, I think. Karen Winker. That's pretty much a standard thing. I grew up with two older brothers. I haven't heard anything that's gonna offend me. They've said it all growing up."
As for Thursday's game, Kyle Farmer pinch hit with an 0-2 count after Winker was ejected and was promptly called out on strikes on a pitch that was well outside. Yasiel Puig was also called out on strikes later in the inning to end the game with the potential tying run on second base on a pitch that was also outside the strike zone.
The poor calls by Foster and the ejections don't take away from Noah Syndergaard's brilliant performance in the Mets' 1-0 win.
He pitched a complete-game shutout with 10 strikeouts, four hits allowed and one walk. He also drove in the game's only run with a solo homer in the third inning.



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