Royals Rumblings - News for May 9, 2019
Maldonado, who’d been behind the plate since the start of the game (including when Lopez pitched), voiced his objection to Knight after he’d been called out on strikes. As Maldonado turned to walk back to the dugout, Knight ejected Maldonado.
“I wasn’t complaining about the last pitch,” Maldonado said. “I was complaining about the pitch before that one. I thought the pitch before was a ball. That’s a pitch they were calling all night for them. That’s a pitch that (Hunter) Dozier struck out two times on it, the bases-loaded strike was on the same pitch.