For the fourth time this season, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde didn’t make it to the end of a game.
Hyde was ejected in the sixth inning of the Orioles’ 7-6 loss to the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. The fifth-year manager was tossed by first base umpire Edwin Moscoso for arguing after a play at first base.
After the ejection, Hyde extended the argument — throwing his cap to the ground and gesticulating while screaming at the umpires. The crowd at Camden Yards — with an announced attendance of 24,761 — gave Hyde a standing ovation as he walked off the field.
Hyde took issue that Moscoso failed to signal a safe or out call on the play at first and then wouldn’t meet with the other umpires for help. With two outs in the inning with the Orioles up 6-2, rookie pitcher Grayson Rodriguez got Jeremy Peña to hit a soft ground ball to shortstop. Gunnar Henderson’s throw pulled Ryan Mountcastle away from first, and Peña was safe at first. Mountcastle started running off the field as if Peña were out but stopped after Moscoso made a safe call very late.
“The guy didn’t make a call right away, so obviously there was some confusion,” Hyde said after the game, which bench coach Fredi González finished as manager. “I just wanted to get some help or something, and I got ejected with my back turned. That’s what upset me.”
The play wasn’t extremely close, and the Orioles didn’t have a challenge remaining, but Hyde went out after the play to talk with Moscoso. After a brief conversation, Hyde began to walk away and was tossed.
“I just didn’t think it was necessary to throw me out,” Hyde said.
The previous time Hyde was ejected was July 6 when the Orioles led 14-0, to which the skipper quipped after the game it was his “first one up two touchdowns.” He was also ejected June 7 versus the Milwaukee Brewers and April 10 against the Oakland Athletics. The ejection is the 13th of Hyde’s five-year career as Orioles manager.
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