Orioles outfielder ejected as Baltimore dropped first game of doubleheader against Twins
The Baltimore Orioles are not having the kind of season they, or anyone else, expected.
Baltimore entered Wednesday dead-last in the American League East, carrying a 15-24 record that marked the second worst in the league and fourth worst in all of baseball. Many anticipated the Orioles as a playoff contender, if not a potential pennant winner.
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Those struggles came to a demonstrative head on Wednesday during the first game of a double-header the Orioles would ultimately lose to the Minnesota Twins, 6-3. The Twins meanwhile, picked up a ninth straight win with the victory.
Baltimore Orioles outfielder Ramon Laureano was ejected in the team's first game of a doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images
Orioles outfielder Ramon Laureano was ejected by home plate umpire James Hoye in the fifth inning of what was, at the time, a 4-3 game. Laureano didn't care of Hoye's called third strike on a 3-2 pitch that appeared to just nick the bottom outside corner.
The Baltimore batter tossed his bat gently up in the air and knocked it to the ground, then followed by spiking his helment more hardly into the grass. Hoye signaled to Laureano the ejection and the outfielder remarked a few choice words, took a couple of steps toward the umpire and pointed in his face before walking off.
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Heston Kjerstad replaced Laureano in the lineup and walked in his only plate appearance before the Twins tacked on two insurance runs to seal things.
Laureano, in his eighth year in the league, has largely served as the Orioles' fourth outfielder this season. He entered Wednesday slashing .200/.260/.486.
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