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Andrew Joseph

Max Muncy got ejected after he appeared to call out ump Paul Emmel about Saturday’s missed call

The Los Angeles Dodgers were understandably frustrated after Saturday night’s loss to the Cardinals. It was a game they had a legitimate chance of tying in the ninth inning, but a blown strikeout call from home plate umpire Paul Emmel abruptly ended the potential rally.

Those frustrations boiled over to Sunday, and Max Muncy apparently wanted any excuse to have words with Emmel. He had himself a short day at the ballpark as a result.

Batting in the fourth inning with the Dodgers already down two runs, home plate umpire Nic Lentz called a ball on a pitch that appeared to catch the bottom of the zone before eventually ringing Muncy up on a similar pitch. While both pitches should have been strikes, a frustrated Muncy was not pleased about the inconsistency in the at-bat.

As he walked back to the dugout, he made eye contact with Emmel — who was working third base on Sunday — and pointed his bat at Emmel and back at home as if to complain about Saturday night’s missed call.

And before Muncy could really get his point across, Emmel had ejected the Dodgers slugger from the game. After he was tossed, Muncy went towards Emmel to continue complaining about the calls. Of course, Muncy — who went into Sunday batting 1 for 10 this series — could have been taking out his own frustrations on the umpires.

But either way, you know Muncy is going to be thrilled to get out of St. Louis and away from that umpiring crew.

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