WATCH: David Ross ejected after being fed up with umpire's calls

by Tony Crumpton - Senior Editor - Mon Jun 05 21:55:23 GMT-05:00 2023

Some shaky umpiring by home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi has caused Chicago Cubs manager David Ross to be ejected in the second inning against the San Diego Padres on Monday night.

It was the 12th ejection of Ross' managerial career.

Ross was standing up for Kyle Hendricks as he was not getting any calls, as it appeared that Blake Snell was getting a much better deal earlier in the ballgame.

While Ross was yelling at the umpire, he gestured that Cuzzi had missed at least five calls that went against the Cubs during the early portion of the contest.

"If it's eight inches off the outside corner, you better swing," Rick Sutcliffe said early in the telecast, joking about the questionable strike zone.

The Padres ended up scoring three runs in the inning to take the 3-0 lead.

Check out the video below:

Before the Sanchez homer, David Ross got tossed. Some guy named Andy Green is now managing for the Cubs pic.twitter.com/nFcgQbZU6Y
— Talking Friars (@TalkingFriars) June 6, 2023

Here's a sequence of some of the strike calls/non-calls that David Ross argued with Phil Cuzzi about: pic.twitter.com/CKTp6B3NQC
— Andy Martínez (@amartinez_11) June 6, 2023

David Ross gets tossed early. And then gives Phil Cuzzi an earful. He seemed to take issue with the consistency of his strike zone. pic.twitter.com/p4zIZouiGz
— Maddie Lee (@maddie_m_lee) June 6, 2023

Blake Snell's 5Ks thru 2.

[Technically, Phil Cuzzi has 3 of them.] pic.twitter.com/c1jkyPiNWV
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) June 6, 2023

Umpire: Phil Cuzzi
Final: Cubs 0, Padres 5#NextStartsHere // #BringTheGold #CHCvsSD // #SDvsCHC

More stats for this game 👇https://t.co/KFxUOmOuVb pic.twitter.com/KEJEBAr0G3
— Umpire Scorecards (@UmpScorecards) June 6, 2023