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Ump John Tumpane ejects Mike Moustakas ... again

For the third time in his eight-year major league career, Mike Moustakas was ejected from a game on Sunday.

For the second time, umpire John Tumpane issued the thumb.

In the third inning of the series finale against the Astros at Kauffman Stadium, Moustakas was called out at home plate by Tumpane in a bang-bang play.

Moustakas had been on second and tried to score on Salvador Perez’s sharp single. Astros left fielder Marwin Gonzalez fielded the ball cleanly and made a terrific one-hop throw to catcher Brian McCann.

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