3B Umpire Lance Barrett ejected Angels pitcher/bench player Brent Suter and Rays pitchers Steven Wilson & Manuel Rodríguez (delay of game/refusal to leave field/pre-game national anthem standoff) in the top of the 1st inning of the #Angels-#Rays game. Following the pre-game performance of the national anthem, off-day pitchers and bench personnel Suter, Wilson, and Rodríguez remained on the playing field in locations occupied during the national anthem and remained in these positions after Barrett instructed them to leave and warned they would be ejected if they didn’t leave the field, the call was irrecusable. At the time of the ejection, the game hadn’t begun (tied 0-0). The Angels ultimately won the contest, 14-3.
These are Lance Barrett (94)’s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ejections of 2026.
Official Baseball Rule 8.01(b): “Each umpire has authority to order a player, coach, manager or Club officer or employee to do or refrain from doing anything which affects the administering of these rules, and to enforce the prescribed penalties.”
These are the 36th, 37th, and 38th ejection reports of the 2026 MLB regular season.
These are the 9-11th player ejections of 2026. Ejection Tally: 22 Managers, 5 Coaches, 11 Players.
This is Los Angeles’ 3rd ejection of 2026, 1st in the AL West (LAA 3; OAK?, SEA 1; HOU, TEX 0).
This is Tampa Bay’s 3rd ejection of 2026, 1st in the AL East (NYY, TB 3; BAL 2; BOS, TOR 1).
This is Brent Suter’s first career MLB ejection.
This is Manuel Rodríguez’s first career MLB ejection.
Alternate Link: Off-day pitchers on Angels, Rays ejected after refusing to leave anthem standoff
