Sunflower seeds erupted from Skip Schumaker’s mouth as the apoplectic manager of the Miami Marlins unleashed a volcano of wrath upon home plate umpire Laz Díaz.
The reason for Schumaker’s disgust: A moment of confusion during the eighth inning of Monday’s game against San Francisco that saw the wrong Giants reliever emerge from the visiting bullpen, thus allowing un-warmed-up Giants closer Camillo Doval the opportunity to throw a few extra pitches. That mistake, according to Schumaker, should have led to a pitch clock violation and a ball. Instead, Doval was given a clean count, which sent an incensed Schumaker back onto the field and then into the locker room, ejected from the game.
Doval completed the four-out save to hand Miami its 14th loss of the young season.
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