The Nationals’ bench did not like home plate ump Will Little’s strike zone early in Sunday’s game against the Orioles in OPACY, and they let Little know it. Profanities galore. Some, it seemed, real heat directed towards home. And then, it happened again. Like it did in New York where Stephen Strasburg got ejected from the stands for excoriating the ump in Citi Field: Aníbal Sánchez got ejected. He didn’t understand why, but he left the stands at the request of umpire Angel Hernandez.
The box score on MLB.com notes on the Ejections line reads: Ejections - Nationals Hitting Coach Kevin Long ejected by HP umpire Will Little (2nd); Nationals pitcher Aníbal Sánchez ejected by HP umpire Will Little (2nd).