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 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Clint Nageotte walked off the mound, his eyes wide with disbelief.
The Seattle Mariners' young right-hander, recalled from the minors just hours earlier, entered the game in relief to start the seventh inning on Sunday against Minnesota. Nageotte's first pitch sailed well over the head of Lew Ford.
Ford hit a three-run homer in his previous at-bat, so umpire Larry Poncino was suspicious. He ran out from behind the plate and ejected the stunned Nageotte — prompting a futile argument from Mariners manager Mike Hargrove.
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