There weren’t many Baltimore Orioles (or Toronto players for that matter) who were in agreement with home plate umpire Dan Bellino’s strike zone last night – least of all, Matt Wieters. The Birds’ catcher earned his second career ejection in the last of the fifth last night for arguing balls and strikes. Ironically, his first career ejection also came against Toronto.
You know that a home plate umpire is having a bad night when members of both teams are complaining about the strike zone. One of the Orioles’ points of contention was that numerous check swings by Toronto hitters were called balls, and Bellino seemingly refused to appeal down the line for help.