At first, Candelario hit a triple that scored Miguel Cabrera for a 4-3 lead. However the ball got stuck under the ideal field fence padding. Umpires ruled it a ground-rule double and Cabrera was ordered back to third, negating the run.
Gardenhire was ejected for the first time this season, and for the 85th time in his career, in the third inning after he argued with umpires following a ground-rule double by Jeimer Candelario to right field.
Detroit Tigers supervisor Ron Gardenhire and outfielder Cameron Maybin have been ejected from Sundays game against the Cleveland Indians.
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Maybin was ejected after he struck into a double play to end the fifth inning. He chewed out home base umpire D.J. Reyburn and had to be limited by bench coach Lloyd McClendon.
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