Miami Marlins' Clayton McCullough, Xavier Edwards Ejected For Arguing Controversial Call

For a moment, it looked like the Miami Marlins had small-balled their way into a tie game.

Instead, they wound up down a run, a key player and their manager.

Dane Myers led off the top of the third with a double to center, immediately threatening the Tampa Bay Rays' early 1-0 advantage. It was up to Xavier Edwards to move Myers over, and the second baseman rose to the occasion by dropping down a successful bunt.

But Edwards had his sights set on an infield single, and maybe even more. When Zack Littell bounced his throw past first, Edwards ran into the first baseman Jonathan Aranda's glove and Myers came around to score.

Umpire Chad Fairchild called Edwards out for interfering with Aranda, though, despite Aranda reaching into Edwards' seemingly established path on a play where the runner would have been safe. Regardless, Fairchild wiped the run off the board and sent Myers back to second.

Manager Clayton McCullough, not a fan of the call on the field, came out of the dugout to give Fairchild an earful. McCullough was unable to challenge the play, and Fairchild ultimately tossed him from the contest.

It marked the first ejection of McCullough's managerial career.

Edwards, a .307 career hitter entering Friday's action, also got sent packing for arguing.