ST. LOUIS -- Manager Terry Collins was ejected during the seventh inning of the series opener with the Cardinals on Friday.
Lucas Duda had taken a called strike on a 3-0 count leading off the inning, with the Mets trailing, 2-1. Duda had taken a step toward first, thinking it was ball four, before home-plate umpire Chad Fairchild called the pitch a strike.
Fairchild then ejected Collins while he was still in the dugout for arguing balls and strikes. The ejection prompted Collins to come out of the dugout and have an animated argument with Fairchild before leaving the game.