The root cause of Danny Duffy’s ejection Saturday night from the Royals-Cardinals game was easy to determine.
In the sixth inning, the Cardinals had a runner on first with one out when Harrison Bader started to swing at a two-strike pitch from Duffy, the Royals’ left-hander. Bader checked his swing and the Royals appealed to first-base umpire Adam Hamari.
Hamari ruled that Bader didn’t go around and the plate appearance continued. Bader later hit a hanging breaking ball for a two-run homer that gave the Cardinals a 6-2 lead.
Duffy was not pleased with Hamari and let him know about it.