Phillies slugger Bryce Harper was ejected in the seventh inning of Friday’s game against Detroit for arguing a called third ...

Philadelphia Phillies superstar Bryce Harper was ejected from the team's 5-4 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night for ...

Before the Phillies turned out the lights on the Tigers, they turned out the actual lights. Welcome to the Jhoan Duran Show.

The Phillies’ efforts to hit Tigers starter Jack Flaherty were futile. Max Kepler flew out to the center-field warning track ...

Wheeler pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Umpires_Home, Mark Ripperger; First, Nick Mahrley; Second, Vic Carapazza; Third, Brian Walsh. T_2:40. A_44,689 (42,901).

E_Hanifee (2). LOB_Detroit 1, Philadelphia 8. 2B_Sosa (9), Kemp (7). HR_Torres (12), Pérez (8). SB_Schwarber (10), Sosa (1), Stott (17). SF_Stott (3). Flaherty pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

Crew chief Vic Carapazza dismissed Diaz’s claims that he had only had rosin, sweat and dirt on his hand Sunday night and thus should not have been ejected from the Mets’ 5-2 win over the Cubs.

Diaz, 30, was thrown out by crew chief Vic Carapazza before he took the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning. "I touched his hand," Carapazza said in a pool report after the game.

Carapazza, however, disputed that account, adding, “I knew right when I touched it. It was way too sticky.” The Mets didn’t try to explain away Díaz’s stickiness.

Cubs starter Justin Steele saw what can happen when a pitcher fails a sticky stuff check by umpire Vic Carapazza. He was there when Mets closer Edwin Díaz was tossed and then suspended 10 games ...

Diaz was set to close out the game in the ninth inning when third-base umpire Vic Carapazza’s inspection found a sticky substance on his throwing hand and glove.