“Wake the f*** up!” - Phillies’ Jesus Luzardo ejected after allegedly blasting umpire over controversial calls sparked by Juan Soto’s timeout

MLB: Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves - Source: Imagn
Phillies’ Jesus Luzardo ejected after allegedly blasting umpire over controversial calls sparked by Juan Soto’s timeout - Source: Imagn

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jesus Luzardo had a rough outing against the New York Mets on Tuesday. However, it was his controversial conversation with home plate umpire Willie Traynor that grabbed headlines.

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During the fifth inning, Luzardo was seemingly irritated after Mets star Juan Soto called a timeout before a 2-1 pitch. Traynor granted the timeout, but Luzardo threw his pitch regardless. The frustrated Phillies ace then had a conversation with the home plate umpire.

Frustration seemingly got the better of Luzardo as he appeared to mouth off at Traynor. When Phillies manager Rob Thompson removed the ace from the mound, Luzardo took aim at the umpire on his way back to the dugout.

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“Wake the f**k up. This isn’t the minor leagues," Luzardo could be heard saying.
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Although the Phillies starter had already been pulled from the game, his verbal outburst resulted in him getting ejected by Traynor.

Luzardo exited the game with the bases loaded and the Phillies leading 2-1. The Mets scored four runs after Luzardo's exit to make it 5-2 after the bottom of the fifth.

The Phillies ace was charged with four of those runs, ending his night with four earned runs over five hits in four innings with five strikeouts.

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Phillies players continue making headlines during Mets series

A day earlier, Phillies infielder Alec Bohm made a bizarre complaint about a microphone in center field during Monday's 13-3 thrashing.

“There was a microphone in center field that somebody must have turned, and so it was facing the plate, and a glare must have come off it out of the left-hander’s arm slot, the ball was coming right out of that disk,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson explained. “They had to get it out of there.”

At the time of writing, the Phillies had tied the game 5-5 in the eighth inning. Heading into the game, Philadelphia held a 6.0-game lead over the Mets in the NL East.

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