BOSTON (AP) -Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox, third baseman Chipper Jones and pitcher Eric O’Flaherty were ejected from Sunday’s game against the Boston Red Sox.
They were thrown out in the seventh inning by plate umpire Bill Hohn after J.D. Drew singled to give Boston a 5-4 lead. The previous pitch was close to the strike zone and called a ball.
The 68-year-old Cox came out of the dugout, argued with Hohn and was thrown out for the 145th time in his career, extending his major league record. Hall of Fame manager John McGraw is second with 131. Cox’s only other ejection this year came on June 11.
Jones kept arguing along the third-base line and was thrown out. In the first inning, Jones had argued a called third strike by Hohn.
Boston went on to a 6-5 victory.
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