Carter Kieboom didn’t think the 96 MPH 3-2 fastball Tylor Megill threw him was a strike, and he let home plate umpire Bill Welke know it, and got tossed for arguing the call. Kieboom’s manager said he liked the show of emotion from the recently-turned 24-year-old infielder.
“It was a close pitch,” Davey Martinez said after the Nationals snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the New York Mets last night. “I think the at-bat before, he thought the pitch was away also, and he thought that one was away. It was close though, and he got fired up a little bit, and you know what, for me, that was good to see.