New York Mets’ Terry Collins gets ejected over bat boy

Mets’ Manager Terry Collins was ejected from Thursday’s game due to an incident involving the Brewers bat boy.

The bizarre event began when Eric Sogard of the Brewers hit a popup towards the third base side. Mets third baseman Wilmer Flores tried to make a play near the dugout. Meanwhile, the bat boy was sitting on his metal stool near the play. When he attempted to remove himself from the play his stool touched Flores’ arm. He was unable to complete the catch.

Originally, Sogard was ruled out due to interference. However, upon further review, the group of umpires reversed their decision. Collins was not pleased with the call and got into a heated argument with the crew chief Fieldin Cubreth, leading to his ejection.

According to the MLB rulebook, the final call was correct because the interference was unintentional.

The play came at a crucial time as the Brewers had the bases loaded with just one out. A catch by Flores would have erased the possibility of a run being scored on a fly out.

After the game, Collins explained why he was angry with the decision, per ESPN.com:

"“My issue was, it was a routine catch. It would be one thing if it was a difficult play; that was my argument.”"

Flores was not as angry at the ball boy, saying “you can’t get mad at him,” according to ESPN.com.

Terry Collins has had a rough season, with the Mets down 10 games in the division.

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New York was extremely lucky, however, because when given a second chance, Sogard hit into a double play which got the Mets out of a jam in the fourth inning. They were losing 2-0 at the time of the incident.

In the end, the Mets lost the game 2-1, their only run came on a Wilmer Flores home run in the eighth inning.