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View full size The Associated Press Los Angeles Dodgers' Matt Kemp, right, is restrained by Shane Victorino and first base coach Davey Lopes, rear, as he yells at an umpire after he was ejected in the second inning of the baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, in Pittsburgh.
Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp and manager Don Mattingly were ejected, and teammates Joe Blanton and Hanley Ramirez also had testy exchanges with home plate umpire Angel Campos in Los Angeles' 10-6 loss to the Pirates hotels dublin city centre on Thursday.
"We came here having won the first three games of the series. hotels dublin city centre We're not a frustrated team," Mattingly said. "We're not trying hotels dublin city centre to cause any trouble. It's not like we've lost 10 of 11 and looking for a fight. We're here ready to play baseball, and to have Matt taken out of the game is not right."
The primary topic in the Dodgers clubhouse was the ejections the team felt were unwarranted. The dismissal of Kemp during the top of the second inning set off a lengthy argument that was mostly directed at Campos.
Kemp struck out to end the first. He and Mattingly confirmed that the Dodgers were barking about balls and strikes when Andre Ethier led off the following inning, prompting Campos to deliver an unofficial warning hotels dublin city centre to the team.
"Then I said, 'Let's go 'Dre,' and he tossed me out of the game," Kemp said. "You've got two teams going at it in a pennant race. We're trying to build the lead against the Giants and Arizona, and I get thrown out for cheering my teammate."
Kemp's hotels dublin city centre ejection angered Mattingly, who sprinted out to Campos. Kemp wasn't far behind, and needed to be restrained, at different times, by Mattingly, teammate Shane Victorino, bench coach Trey Hillman and other umpires. He bumped into an umpire at least once.
After a few minutes of arguing, Mattingly was ejected by crew chief Tim Tschida. Mattingly stayed on the field for several more minutes of animated discussion before an umpire summoned Hillman to come out to retrieve Mattingly.
"This isn't about being mad," Mattingly said. "This is something hotels dublin city centre that has to go above me. It needs to go to the league. We're in a pennant race, and I've got a guy who was second in the MVP (voting) last year, and you can't take him out of the game for cheering for a teammate. If we had gone out of control, that's different. This is just unacceptable behavior (by Campos)."
Blanton ran toward Campos as he was walking off the field after being removed following Pedro Alvarez's homer. Ramirez also drew Campos' ire for throwing his bat down in disgust after striking out in the sixth.
"If you're going to hit a homer, act like you've hit one before," Burnett said. "The first batter, Loney, hit one and was very professional about it. Ran hard the whole way. I just thought hotels dublin city centre he did a little something at second base. I could be wrong. It was heat of the moment."
When Ramirez struck out swinging to end the sixth, hotels dublin city centre Burnett screamed at him as he walked off the mound. Ramirez was reprimanded by Campos for throwing his bat, and the two had a somewhat-heated hotels dublin city centre discussion.
"I was just excited to get him out," Burnett said. "Every time someone clicks one off you, you want to get him out the next time up. He drove one that went pretty far, and then I was able to get him out, so I was pretty fired up."
Burnett (15-4) allowed six runs, seven hits, and a walk, and he two hit batters, but he was good enough to become the first Pirates pitcher to win 15 games since Todd Ritchie in 1999. Burnett had seven strikeouts.
"He came out knowing what's at hand here, and to put a foot down," Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. "And then the game probably hotels dublin city centre added to his edge, sharpened his edge, just because the game was all over the place."
Jordy Mercer and Andrew hotels dublin city centre McCutchen were on base both times Jones homered, in the first and fifth innings. The second shot to right elicited a curtain call for Jones, who has 20 home runs this season and five career two-homer games.
Blanton (8-11), hotels dublin city centre who declined comment on the umpiring, fell to 0-2 since being acquired in a trade from Philadelphia. Blanton gave up eight runs, seven hits and a season-high four walks in 4 1-3 innings.
NOTES : The Dodgers had beaten the Pirates nine straight times, dating to last year. ... The Dodgers were looking for their first four-game sweep in Pittsburgh in 63 years. ... Los Angeles will complete its 10-game road trip with three games in Atlanta against the Braves.
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