WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Athletics manager Mark Kotsay and third baseman Miguel Andujar were ejected from Sunday's game against Philadelphia in the seventh inning for arguing with plate umpire Roberto Ortiz.
The A's, on an 11-game losing streak, took a 3-0 lead in the first inning but were tied 3-3 at the time of the ejections.
Kotsay said something from the dugout after the first pitch from Jesús Luzardo to Andujar, a sweeper near the bottom of the strike zone, was called a strike despite appearing to be outside.
Kotsay came out of the dugout to continue the argument and motioned with an arm at Ortiz following his 15th career ejection, the first for the A's this season.