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Collins ejected after arguing controversial call
- Updated: May 15, 2016
DENVER — Logan Verrett had just made what he thought was the biggest pitch of his game against Tony Wolters with one out and the bases loaded in the third inning of Saturday night’s 7-4 loss the Rockies.
“I was pumped, because it was a big strikeout,” Verrett said. “I knew I’d struck him out and I was waiting to get the ball back from Plawecki. Then the umpire started waving his arms immediately, and I was little caught off guard and didn’t know what he saw.”
Instead of a strikeout, home plate umpire Carlos Torres called a foul tip, and manager Terry Collins quickly stormed out to argue the call.
“He said he heard the foul tip,” Collins said. “And you can’t challenge it. You got nothing but to argue. He can [ask the other umpires for help], but they’re not going to say anything. They don’t know what he heard.
“I said if the hitter fouls the ball off, he’s going to point to the point [of the foul ball] and say something. I said you couldn’t have heard it, because he didn’t foul it …
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