Why were Red Sox's pitcher Walker Buehler and manager Alex Cora ejected by Umpire Estabrook?
Why were Red Sox's pitcher Walker Buehler and manager Alex Cora ejected by Umpire Estabrook? (Image Source: Getty)
Tuesday night turned out to be a deadly night for the Boston Red Sox as the team's pitcher Walker Buehler and manager Alex Cora had to leave the game due to getting into an argument with home plate umpire Mike Estabrook over wrong calls.
Why was Walker Buehler ejected from the game
As per the video clip from SNY Mets, Buehler was ejected by home plate umpire Mike Estabrook over getting into an argument regarding a wrong call.
It was in the 3rd inning that the incident took place. Buehler had pitched 4 1/3 innings when a supposedly strike was not called upon. The footage clearly shows that Buehler's pitch was supposed to be counted as a strike against Mets' hitter Francisco Lindor. However, Estabrook didn't see it as such which lead to the pitcher asking that it was clearly a strike.
Walker Buehler arguing with Mike Estabrook (Image Source: Getty)
Estabrook warned Buehler to
'get back in the mound,'
which the pitcher didn't follow and words started flying off the field, leading to Walker getting ejected by the umpire. This was Walker's first ejection in MLB since 2021.
Why was Alex Cora ejected by Umpire Estabrook
As per the game's footage, Red Sox's manager Alex Cora was ejected from the game after he charged unto the field to argue with Estabrook over wrong call and ejection of Walker from the match.
After home plate umpire Estabrook ejected Walker for screaming profanities and arguing over the call, the Red Sox's manager charged over to the field to have a talk with Estabrook which didn't go well.
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The manager started arguing with Estabrook after which the umpire ejected him from the match as well, making it the 18th ejection of Cora in his managerial career.
Alex Cora arguing with Umpire Estabrook (Image Source: Getty)
The main question over here is not how both Walker and Cora behaved on the field, but whether the call made by the umpire was correct or not. As seen by the footage, the ball was supposedly a clear strike, which should have made it a 2-0 call, but Estabrook didn't call it a strike.
Besides, this is not the first time an MLB umpire has made a wrong call in the game, as several such instances were seen throughout the 2025 season. Such wrong calls have led to various players losing their cool on the field, which then leads to ejections.
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