(670 The Score) You sure can't ever accuse Cubs catcher Willson Contreras of lacking the care factor.
Just minutes after play resumed after a 99-minute rain delay and with the Cubs down to their final out in a 7-3 loss to the Diamondbacks at Wrigley Field on Saturday, Contreras was ejected by home-plate umpire Pat Hoberg for arguing a strike call. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Contreras was upset that an 0-1 borderline pitch from Diamondbacks reliever Brett de Geus was called a strike to Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward.
Contreras got tossed while he was in the dugout observing and then yelling, and only the presence and strength of Cubs manager David Ross prevented it from being worse.
It was a strike according to replays.
After the second pitch to Heyward was called a strike, Willson Contreras barked from the dugout.
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) July 24, 2021
HP umpire Pat Hoberg wastes no time in ejecting the Cubs catcher from the game here in the 9th. Contreras took to the field, but was held back by Ross. pic.twitter.com/0aaKrp1mWV
