Pirates' Brandon Lowe ejected after ABS challenge was disallowed, leading to fly out

The Automated Balls and Strikes (ABS) system has provided its ain group of challenges during nan 2026 season, but players and managers alike person learned, that successful baseball, it is nan truth – arsenic agelong arsenic nan umpire tin spot that a situation has been made.

Two-time All-Star Brandon Lowe learned nan difficult measurement during nan Pittsburgh Pirates' 10-9 triumph complete nan Minnesota Twins connected Saturday. He flied retired successful nan 4th inning and was ejected.

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Pittsburgh Pirates' Brandon Lowe rounds nan bases aft hitting a three-run location tally disconnected Chicago Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon during nan 3rd inning successful Pittsburgh connected May 27, 2026. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Lowe tried to situation a onslaught telephone successful nan bottommost of nan 4th inning. Home sheet umpire Alex Tosi didn’t look astatine Lowe arsenic he tapped his helmet to awesome a challenge. Tosi disallowed nan situation and appeared to explicate to Pirates head Don Kelly why it wasn’t granted.

As Lowe rounded first connected nan alert out, he was tossed by first guidelines umpire Jordan Baker. It was Lowe’s first ejection of his career.

"Kind of a sad first ejection, I guess, if we're looking astatine ejections arsenic a whole," he said, via MLB.com. "But yeah, I was conscionable disappointment pinch myself, and fto retired my vexation to myself, and sewage thrown retired for it. I didn't moreover recognize that I was thrown retired until I was astir three-quarters of nan measurement backmost to nan dugout, and saw (hitting coach Jonny Tucker) benignant of pointing towards first base."

Pittsburgh Pirates 2nd baseman Brandon Lowe is congratulated by first baseman Spencer Horwitz aft hitting a solo location tally against nan St. Louis Cardinals during nan first inning astatine Busch Stadium successful St. Louis, Mo., connected May 21, 2026. (Jeff Curry/Imagn Images)

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Kelly told reporters that it was explained to him that nan situation was disallowed because it was wished to beryllium dugout-influenced.

"That was conscionable total, for illustration Jordan did not understand what (Lowe) was saying, and wholly overreacted, I thought," Kelly said. "Lowe was upset that he thought that he had swung astatine shot four, and Jordan thought that he was yelling astatine nan home-plate umpire, and it was a full misunderstanding."

Pittsburgh Pirates' Brandon Lowe celebrates pinch Konnor Griffin aft some scored connected a double by Bryan Reynolds disconnected Chicago Cubs pitcher Jordan Wicks during nan first inning successful Pittsburgh connected May 26, 2026. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

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Lowe is starring nan Pirates successful location runs pinch 14. He was 1-for-3 pinch a tally scored earlier he was tossed from nan game.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.