Andy Pages Ignites Dodgers’ Victory as Dave Roberts Erupts in Dramatic Padres Showdown

Hudson motioned to Roberts to stay put. But when he didn’t, third base umpire Tripp Gibson did the honors of ejecting him from the game.

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Some more context: The Dodgers and Gibson have already had one run-in this season, when the umpire assessed a rarely seen obstruction call against third baseman Max Muncy in New York last month for stepping into a baserunner’s line of sight on a sacrifice fly play.

How much that bad blood carried over wasn’t immediately clear. But Roberts’ fury with Gibson for Tuesday’s ejection certainly was, with the manager angrily pointing at him multiple times during a two-minute argument on the field while Hudson tried to keep the two physically separated.

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