CHICAGO -- Joe Maddon received his first ejection as the Cubs' manager on Friday afternoon. He was in no mood to continue complaining after the game.
Maddon and the club believed home-plate umpire Sam Holbrook should have called a third strike on Wil Myers in the seventh inning. On the next pitch from reliever Brian Schlitter, Myers hit a three-run home run to give the Padres the lead in their 5-4 victory over the Cubs.
With a 0-2 count facing Myers and two outs in the inning, Schlitter's third pitch was called a ball.