E48-9 - Joc Pederson & Torey Lovullo Ejected by Mark Carlson After Hat Trick Strikeout in Arizona

very peculiar game for Peterson in Arizona homers is fifth of the season to tie to two that's a nice pitch from Ashcraft in the fourth inning takes the called second strike right on that adff home plate great pitch Peterson doesn't like it and calls time out to argue any velocity still carrying his velocity 98 on that last Sinker of action there's a check oh oh my and then gets called out swinging by Dan merzel on Czech swing appeal at third base not the only cheze swing appeal that the broadcasters just didn't like in this game is over wow they're calling everything tonight Peterson Nets his second strike out of the contest in the seventh down on strikes and scores a hattrick in the eighth o and two oh oh and he's been ejected this is margin but margin works both ways it doesn't look more inside than it is if anything the numbers make the pitch look a lot closer to the Zone than it actually was the pitch is about one tenth of an inch away vertically from being fully incorrect outside the buffer range and that's because Peterson is taller than average strike three called and Peterson's been ejected as for the ejection no I don't think it's because of the bat flip let's take a look at the rule remember equipment violations are the intermediate warning step if they throw equipment in disgust if it's extremely severe you can eject immediately but this does not look extremely severe if so bad ejection by his first base coach Dave McCay and Peterson lost for the game no it's probably a combination of the flip the gesture and something that was said to the Umpire that could be worse than any of the two visible things combined think of it as the ejection standard at property because remember doc acted somewhat similarly on the check swing that bat didn't go flying by itself manager will get tossed and now tor's been ejected and Peterson will randomly go arue with the second base umpire now going toward the second base umpire Jordan Baker turn into a fire sail to the left meanwhile manager and umpire talk but this ejection is not because of any one thing it looks like a some of the parts that in Mark Carlson's mind all added up to an ejection worthy posted bat experience