{"id":588611,"date":"2026-04-06T06:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/588611\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:54:12","slug":"tony-vitello-nets-first-mlb-ejection-as-giants-fall-to-3-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/588611\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Vitello nets first MLB ejection as Giants fall to 3-7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Giants<\/a> first-year manager Tony Vitello was ejected for the first time in his major league career Sunday during San Francisco’s 5-2 loss<\/a> to the visiting New York Mets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vitello, who was the head coach at the University of Tennessee last season, argued with plate umpire Edwin Jimenez and third-base umpire David Rackley in the seventh inning after Jerar Encarnacion<\/a> was ruled out for running inside the designated lane on his way to first base. Encarnacion hit a slow roller that reliever Huascar Brazoban<\/a> grabbed and threw to Vientos, who dropped the ball, with the Giants leading 2-1.<\/p>\n

“I was trying to give a correct answer to the umpire’s explanation,” Vitello said after the loss, his club’s third in a row. “I think I was basically just stating the rules at home plate. And I said one last thing out of frustration, or being all fired up, and it was complete nonsense.<\/p>\n

“I think it was misinterpreted a little bit. But if you’re on the field that long, and you’re not a player, you’re probably out of place a little bit.”<\/p>\n

Vitello likely isn’t the only person in and around the Giants who is frustrated. San Francisco is 3-7 this season, and Sunday’s loss pushed the Giants to just 1-6 at home. They opened the season last month by getting swept by the New York Yankees<\/a> in a three-game series.<\/p>\n

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“I didn’t watch the replay,” Vitello said of the play at first base. “Like I said, I saw it from a great angle. The umpire couldn’t have been better with balls and strikes. I’m sure he got it, technically, right. But it’s a play that I’ve got a lot of history for, and I was a little frustrated.”<\/p>\n

In the following inning, pinch hitter Luis Torrens<\/a> keyed New York’s four-run rally with a two-run double, and the Mets eventually turned to their bullpen to secure the win.<\/p>\n

Jorge Polanco<\/a> doubled off Keaton Winn<\/a> (0-1) with one out in the eighth and then pinch runner Tyrone Taylor<\/a> moved to third on Luis Robert Jr<\/a>.’s single.<\/p>\n

Left-hander Erik Miller<\/a> replaced Winn, and Torrens batted for Jared Young<\/a>, who went 3-for-3. After Robert stole second, Torrens poked his double down the right-field line to give New York a 3-2 edge.<\/p>\n

Mark Vientos<\/a> followed with a hard-hit infield single, and Torrens scored on third baseman Matt Chapman<\/a>‘s throwing error. Marcus Semien<\/a> capped the rally with a double down the left-field line to knock in Vientos.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Vitello will send right-hander Adrian Houser<\/a> (0-1) to the mound as the Giants open up another home series, this time against righty Andrew Painter<\/a> (1-0) and the Philadelphia Phillies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giants first-year manager Tony Vitello was ejected for the first time in his major league career Sunday during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-588611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}