The Astros were not happy with an umpire telling them 'I can do whatever I want.'
ARLINGTON, Texas — Gerrit Cole had been frustrated most of the game, like the rest of the Astros, and Houston’s starter went immediately to the home plate umpire after recording his final out.
Umpire crew chief Jerry Meals, who was working third base, said Cole was upset leaving the game because Kulpa had limited him on his warmup pitches in the fourth inning after the pitcher was late coming out of the dugout then. Meals said Kulpa was enforcing MLB pace-of-play policy when he stepped in front of the plate.
Hinch then came out after Kulpa stared toward the dugout. Nobody was initially ejected, but soon after the manager returned to the dugout and before the next pitch, Cintron was still chirping and was tossed. "So we know you argue balls and strikes is one thing. When you get ejected more aggressively, it’s disappointing," Hinch said."That’s what he said, and that’s apparently what he meant," Hinch said. "He’s in charge. And obviously you make a scene I guess so everybody has to pay attention. But we’ll let the league sort it out."
"I think I was honestly just glad to get that out of the way," Minor said, referring to his first start. "And now every game counts and everybody just kind of leaning on each other. It’s not going to match up like that the whole season, so everybody’s just kind of going out there competing."
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