Orioles reliever Darren O'Day earned his first career ejection Monday in the ninth inning of a 5-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners after a balk call erased a popout by slugger Nelson Cruz. Manager Buck Showalter was ejected soon thereafter.
O'Day, making his 576th career appearance, had allowed a leadoff single to Mitch Haniger before Cruz worked the count full. On a 3-2 pitch, the former Orioles slugger popped out into foul territory by the Orioles dugout.
After Chris Davis caught it, home plate umpire Stu Scheurwater signaled that O'Day had committed a balk.