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04/18 16:27 CDT Royals manager Matt Quatraro ejected after top of first inning
in game against the Yankees
Royals manager Matt Quatraro ejected after top of first inning in game against
the Yankees
By LARRY FLEISHER
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro wanted to find out if Will
Warren was committing a balk in the first inning when he was ejected by second
base umpire Nestor Ceja in Saturday's 13-4 loss to the New York Yankees.
"I actually wasn't arguing," Quatraro said. "I was just trying to get some
clarification. We've been told that if the pitcher's on the rubber, he's about
to start and then he goes to touch the PitchCom, it should be a balk because
it's essentially doing starting and stopping twice.
"That's what I was trying to get some clarification on. So, I was not out there
to get ejected, but that's the way it ended up."
After Maikel Garcia was stranded at second base and nearly picked off, Quatraro
raced out to start arguing with Ceja and Chris Guccione as the Royals took the
field.
"They said it wasn't a balk," Quatraro said. "Their interpretation of it was
that it was not a balk."
The argument did not appear heated initially, but when Quatraro turned away he
was tossed. Bench coach Paul Hoover took over as manager for Kansas City.
"It's just a difference in how different crews interpret it and how they call
it," Quatraro said.
It was Quatraro's eighth career ejection since becoming Kansas City's manager
in 2023.
After Quatraro was tossed, the Royals lost their sixth straight and for the
ninth time in 11 games.
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