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Arizona Diamondbacks Manager Torey Lovullo was run out of Wednesday afternoon’s match against San Francisco Giants and he wanted the judges to run with him.
Lovullo was thrown from the game at the bottom of the eighth lap as Arizona narrowly defeated their National League West-Mod Party, 8-7. He argued for an obstruction call and did not leave without playing his own version of Uno Reverse Card.
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Arizona Diamondbacks Manager Torey Lovullo, Left, argues with Judge Nic Lentz after being postponed by Mark Ripper, on the right, during the eighth round of a baseball match against San Francisco Giants in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
He pointed to each of the judges standing around him and “threw” them all out of the game. He got several words with one of the judges before going back to the clubhouse.
Lovullo said after the match that the theatrics were only for the show. He said the obstruction call had been the right one.
“They are really good,” Lovullo said. “Umpires are good. I’m stucking.”
Lovullos Matinée kickstarted as Giants-Infielder Christian Koss advanced to the second base on a grape from Helio Ramos. He rounded up number two before colliding with Diamondbacks’ Jordan Lawlar. Koss was tagged out for what would have completed the ining.
Arizona Diamondbacks left Fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr., #12, and ShortStop Geraldo Perdomo, #2, Watch as San Francisco Giants Manager Bob Melvin, #6, and Christian Koss, #50, talk to a coach at the second base during the eighth indoor of a baseball game in San Francisco on Wednesday 14. 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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However, the judges decided that Lawlar prevented the play. Lovullo came out of Dugout and started shouting at first-base judge Mark Ripperger. Eventually he threw out the manager.
“In the warmth of the moment,” Lovullo explained, “it didn’t add to me, and I felt they were just trying to cover themselves a little. But in reality there was an obstacle called.
“I tried to do math, and I didn’t know how the third basic judge (Nic Lentz) could see a fair-foul ball and then threw go off and still see obstacle. But he pointed to it and he had it.”
Arizona Diamondbacks’ Lourdes Gurriel Jr., #12, celebrates with Alek Thomas, #5, Jordan Lawlar, #10 and Corbin Carroll, #7, after a baseball match against San Francisco Giants in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Arizona improved to 23-21 with San Francisco on 25-19.
