Trea Turner didn’t know when he crossed first base in the seventh inning of Wednesday’s 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs that he’d been called out.
He had struck out, but catcher Wilson Contreras missed a wild pitch. Turner made it to the bag ahead of an airmailed throw but was called out on a judgement play, one that that echoed a tense situation in Game 6 of the 2019 World Series.
Davey Martinez couldn’t believe it, anyway, and the Nats’ skipper made sure the umpiring crew and everyone else knew what he thought of the call, and home plate umpire Chris Conroy responded by ejecting him.