Pirates manager Derek Shelton fired the coaches in a 6-5 loss

pittsburgh – Pittsburgh Pirates Head coach Derek Shelton, bench coach Don Kelly, and pitching coach Oscar Marin were ejected by plate umpire Nick Lintz during the same at bat for arguing ball/strike calls in the sixth inning Sunday night in a doubleheader night against Cincinnati Reds.

Pittsburgh led 4-3 when Luke Miley He walked with two outs, loading the bases. after ejaculation, TJ Friedel Hit the halftime popup Cody Bolton. The Reds rushed for a 6-5 victory In the tenth inning to split a doubleheader.

Third base coach Mike Rapello took over as head coach after takeoff.

Shelton said after the game that the Pirates were not happy with the third strike Brian Reynolds At the bottom of the fifth. Next, they were upset by two pitches of Miley called the ball, at 1-2 and 3-2.

“I asked [Lentz] “In an earlier game on the field, Reynolds hit her where she was,” Chilton said, “He told me it was over and I said I didn’t think it was over.” Miley’s two playgrounds were, in my opinion, in the same place.”

Chad Fairchild, second base umpire and crew chief, spoke to a newspaper reporter after the game.

“They were warned to stop,” Fairchild said. “When Nick looked over there, there were several individuals in their dugout arguing with balls and putts.”

Fairchild said Lentz removed Kelly at first and Chilton followed after he came onto the court to wrangle balls and strikes.

“after that, [Marin] “He kept arguing for balls and strikes until he was removed from the game,” Fairchild said. At that point, when we were looking there and we had several people, we had to do our job and that’s exactly what happened.”

Fairchild said that Shilton and his coaches were cautioned after a 1-2 count and that the ejections occurred after a 3-2 on the field.

Shelton said he was kicked out on the field, and Marin was ejected for yelling from the dugout, but Kelly didn’t say anything.

“Donnie didn’t say a word,” Shelton said. “Not a word.” “I think the most frustrating thing is that he just started to manage people and basically said, ‘You’re all gone.’ You rarely see Donnie Kelly lose his cool and you have to see Donnie Kelly lose his composure. The first two were justified, maybe — they argue balls And strikes. The last one, I think he just started kicking people out and he wasn’t aware of what the situation was.”