San Francisco Giants skipper Tony Vitello was ejected for the second time this week.
Vitello was ejected against the Cincinnati Reds on Aug. 26, and again two days later against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The first-year manager, who spent the previous eight seasons at Tennessee, was sent to the locker room early in the third inning after arguing a fair ball call that he thought was foul.
The ejection is Vitello's fifth of his young MLB career. He wasn't the only one sent out early — Giants ace Logan Webb was also ejected from the contest, along with Vitello. (Webb was not pitching Friday.)
Similar to his ejection against the Reds, Vitello was defending his guys and
contesting an umpire's ruling.
In his Aug. 26 ejection, the Reds' Eugenio Suarez went for a swing but pulled back, the umpires said in time. Vitello thought it was a swing and let umpire Ryan Blakney have it.
"The guys next to me were surprised. I mean, I was just kind of in it," Vitello said of that ejection. "Yeah, I mean, thought he swung. So I said I thought he swung."
Frustrations are clearly boiling over for the Giants, who haven't had much to be happy about this season. Vitello hasn't had the best start to his MLB career — the Giants have the second-worst record in the National League at 55-79.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Giants manager Tony Vitello ejected for second time in a week
