Overview
- Giants manager Tony Vitello was thrown out after arguing Alex McKay’s ruling that Nolan Arenado’s chopper was fair, a call that helped set up Tim Tawa’s three-run homer that broke the game open.
- Logan Webb, not in the game, was also ejected for the first time in his career after he ran to the dugout rail to protest the same play.
- Home-plate umpire Alan Porter issued Vitello’s ejection and second-base umpire Roberto Ortiz ejected Webb, with local reports noting Porter had several ball‑strike calls overturned on challenges that night.
- The Arenado call could not be reviewed because plays in front of base umpires are judgment calls, leaving the Giants no formal recourse after the on-field ruling.
- The dispute carried into the next day when senior advisor Ron Wotus was ejected during the lineup-card exchange with crew chief Porter, and no league discipline or reversals have been reported.