See wild play that earned Giants manager Tony Vitello his first ejection
Tony Vitello got into an expletive-laden rant in the face of the first base umpire after a controversial out on the basepaths.
Jerar Encarnacion reached first base on an error, until he didn't. San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello took exception and earned the first ejection of his MLB career in the process. In the bottom of the seventh inning in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the New York Mets at Oracle Park, Encarnacion chopped a sinker from Mets pitcher Huascar Brazobán into the infield and took off toward first base.
Brazobán fielded the ball and fired it to first baseman Mark Vientos, who couldn't hang on as the ball plopped out of his glove and hit the ground. But first base umpire Nestor Ceja called Encarnacion out anyways, declaring that he failed to stay inside the runner's lane. The call itself though, was controversial because umpires usually only make it when a runner interferes with the ball or the throw, which Encarnacion did neither of.
“Jerar was on the grass,” Vitello told reporters postgame. “You’re not going to be automatically out for being on the grass only if the (umpire) sees that the runner impedes the throw. The throw didn’t hit the runner.
” Tony Vitello’s first ejection happens because the umps say this is an out pic. twitter. com/6HBxAGcH42 — Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) April 5, 2026 Vitello immediately confronted Ceja on the field, the veins in his neck popping as he got in the ump's face and delivered an expletive-filled rant that's sure to get a lip reading from Jomboy in the next few days.