Donaldson ejected for kicking dirt on plate after home run

By: The Associated Press Posted: 7:40 PM CDT Thursday, Sep. 17, 2020 Last Modified: 7:59 AM CDT Friday, Sep. 18, 2020

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CHICAGO - Minnesota's Josh Donaldson managed to get ejected while hitting a home run.

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CHICAGO - Minnesota's Josh Donaldson managed to get ejected while hitting a home run.

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CHICAGO – Minnesota’s Josh Donaldson managed to get ejected while hitting a home run.

Donaldson barked at plate umpire Dan Bellino for the second time in the sixth inning of a 4-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday.

With the score 2-2, Bellino called a strike when the 2015 AL MVP checked his swing on a 2-0 pitch from Reynaldo López.

Minnesota Twins' Josh Donaldson kicks dirt on home plate after his home run prompting umpire Dan Bellino to eject him from the game during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Manager Rocco Baldelli came out to speak with Bellino, and Donaldson homered down the left-field line on the next offering. After rounding the bases, Donaldson kicked dirt at home plate as he crossed it.

Bellino ejected him immediately, and Donaldson, realizing he had missed home plate, returned to the plate to touch it and then argued as he kicked more dirt on it.

Donaldson also had argued with Bellino on a 1-1 breaking ball in the first inning that appeared to be high but was called a strike, leading to a strikeout.

“We need Josh on the field, out there playing, and at third base,” Baldelli said. “That’s when we’re at our best. And so that’s really the end of it. I think we can move past it at his point, and go from here.”