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Franco HBP leads to pair of Rockies’ ejections
- Updated: August 14, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Rockies left-hander Tyler Anderson and manager Walt Weiss disagreed with their fourth-inning ejections from Saturday night’s 6-3 loss to the Phillies, but they both chalked it up to an understandable misunderstanding.
Phillies third baseman Maikel Franco launched a three-run first-inning homer and led off the fourth, which saw Anderson’s first pitch hit him in the left knee. Home-plate umpire Eric Cooper ticketed Anderson with an immediate ejection. Weiss earned his ejection for protesting while Chris Rusin warmed up on the mound to replace Anderson.
Anderson and Weiss said the Rockies were not paying back Franco for the homer or his celebration, which involved stutter-stepping around third base, galloping to the plate, blowing a kiss to the sky before landing on the dish, pointing to the stands, and then skipping to the dugout while high-fiving teammates.
“[Cooper] was just saying you can’t hit a guy after he hit a home run,” said Anderson, who said Franco set up closer to the plate than before, and he wanted to establish the inside part. “It’s unfortunate because obviously it’s not intentional when you hit a guy in the shin. But I …
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