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HOUSTON (AP) - New York Mets bench coach Sandy Alomar was ejected from the dugout in the first inning of Sunday's game against the Houston Astros while taking up an argument with third base umpire Rob Drake after manager Willie Randolph had returned from airing his gripe to the rest of the crew.
The dispute began when the Astros' Morgan Ensberg took a pitch for a ball and began heading to first base, thinking he had walked. But it was only ball three, so plate umpire Bob Davidson called time out and told him to return to the batter's box.
Lance Berkman was on first base at the time and apparently also thought it was ball four because he began slowly heading to second base with his head down. Mets catcher Ramon Castro threw the ball to second base and a rundown ensued, with Berkman getting tagged on his way back to first base.
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