Emmanuel Rivera led off with a single and Strahm then hit Carroll for the second time, coming up and in with a fastball once again to clip him on the arm. At that point, Lovullo had enough and charged out of the dugout. Home plate umpire Vic Carapazza immediately told him he’d be ejected, and Lovullo admitted he had no right to be there, but he felt he needed to protect his player. Realmuto then engaged with Lovullo and the two started exchanging words, after which chaos broke out.
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“I knew going out there that I had no right to go out there and the umpire said to me, ‘I’m going to need to eject you if you don’t get off the field right now,’” Lovullo said.