Arizona pitcher Madison Bumgarner goes off, ejected after umpire checks hand for a foreign substance
Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner was ejected after his hand was checked for a foreign substance.
Bumgarner gave up a leadoff homer to Jon Berti in the first inning at Miami, and then retired the next three batters.
As he was walking to the dugout, the veteran left-hander gestured with his arm before holding his hand out for first base umpire Dan Bellino to take a look.
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Bumgarner said something to Bellino as the check was ending, and the umpire threw him out.
Bumgarner then started yelling at Bellino and had to be restrained by some coaches and teammates.
"You guys have seen the video," Bumgarner said after the match. "I don't know if I could say anything that would make the situation better. What I am going to say is I'm extremely proud of our team, coming back. Obviously, I didn't go into the game with the intention of throwing one inning. Everyone picked me up today."
Bumgarner took exception to the hand check. MLB
Bellino told a pool reporter that Bumgarner was ejected for directing profanity at an umpire.
Video of the foreign substance check showed Bellino staring at Bumgarner while he repeatedly patted his hand, but Bellino said he didn't think that was a factor in the ejection.
"I wouldn't say he took exception to it. It was just a hand check," Bellino said.
It was Bumgarner’s second career ejection. He also was thrown out on June 11, 2018, for arguing balls and strikes.
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