Diamondbacks’ Torey Lovullo tossed vs. Giants, tells umpires they’re ejected

SAN FRANCISCO — Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo was ejected late in Wednesday’s 8-7 win against the San Francisco Giants, and he reacted by telling the umpires they were the ones tossed.

“ I don’t do that very often,” Lovullo said. “I lost my (expletive), and I just felt like it was unacceptable.”

Torey Lovullo pulled the Uno reverse card on the umps 😂 pic.twitter.com/Ir39a6q3Kk

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The D-backs led 8-6 with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. The Giants had a runner on first base with Heliot Ramos at the plate. Ramos hit a ground ball down the third-base line, which D-backs third baseman Eugenio Suarez fielded and threw to first.

Ramos beat the throw, but the Diamondbacks tagged out baserunner Christian Koss, who was lying in the basepath past second.

Koss rounded second base and ran into second baseman Jordan Lawlar, dropping down in a heap.

The umpire crew met and decided to give Koss second base due to interference, charging Lawlar with an error.

Christian Koss initially was called out on this play before it was overturned 🧐 pic.twitter.com/y4Cfic8fEJ

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Lovullo made his way out of the dugout and quickly became visibly livid with the explanation. After getting tossed, he pointed to all four umpires and motioned to throw them all out instead as the home crowd booed.

“ It wasn’t adding up in the heat of the moment,” Lovullo said. “I felt like they were just trying to cover themselves a little bit. But in reality there was obstruction called.

“I didn’t know how the third base umpire could be watching a fair-foul ball and then the throw get off and still see the obstruction, but he pointed to it and he had it. When I looked at them, nobody put their hands up and pointed obstruction. That’s why I thought they were were kind of inventing a call, but they got it right.”

The conversation continued with bench coach Jeff Banister before play resumed.

D-backs pitcher Ryne Nelson forced a Wilmer Flores pop-up to end the inning and maintain the lead.

Lovullo has been ejected twice this season and 22 times in his major league managerial career.

He got his money’s worth with that one, and his team held on for the win.

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