TORONTO -- The Blue Jays lost their manager, catcher and starting pitcher to ejections within two pitches on Thursday afternoon at Rogers Centre against the Athletics.
Marcus Stroman and John Gibbons, along with several of the Blue Jays' hitters, had expressed their disagreement with home plate umpire Will Little's strike zone through the first four innings before the situation finally boiled over in the fifth.
Gibbons was the first to go for arguing balls and strikes after a 2-0 pitch from Stroman to Oakland catcher Bruce Maxwell. Two pitches later, when Stroman eventually walked the batter, he was ejected after exchanging words with Little from the mound once again.