WATCH: Louisville pitcher's ejection in 9th inning is going viral
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of Sunday afternoon’s elimination game between regional host Louisville and Indiana, Cardinals closer Michael McAvene thought he had the final out via strikeout.
However, his two-strike pitch was called a ball, even though it looked like a strike to the pitcher.
As you can see below, in the aftermath of that pitch, the umpire decided to eject McAvene. What was his offense that ended his day? In the video, it seems as if all he says is “that’s horrible” to the umpire:
Louisville closer just got tossed from the game for saying “that’s horrible” to the umpire. What a joke #NCAA pic.twitter.com/oedQhzjyU3
— Trey Wallace (@TreyWallace_) June 2, 2019
Maybe McAvene had been chirping at the ump in the previous inning, but even if he was, that sure seems like a poor reason to eject a kid.
Louisville held on for a 9-7 victory, though, and will now advance to take on Illinois State in the finals, needing to win twice to advance to the super regionals.
It’s clearly inside
That isn’t a great angle to give a definitive view. Either way, the ump shouldn’t have tossed the kid for that.
Umps are too egotistical nowadays. Sometimes it really seems like they want to make part of them game about themselves. The goal is to have as little affect on the game as possible
One of the GTech pitchers was much more critical than that and the ump just took it. That was horrible decision to toss him.
Umps and refs continue to influence outcome of games for their own personal egos to make it about them.
Officials today think everybody is there to watch them officiate!