Orioles third baseman Manny Machado was ejected in the first game of Thursday's doubleheader against the White Sox. In the bottom of the eighth, Machado was called out on a check-swing strike three, and proceeded to slam his bat on the ground in front of home plate umpire Tony Basner. Basner immediately ejected Machado.
"Manny just reacted to a checked swing," manager Buck Showalter said after the game, per MASNSports.com. "Wanted him to check and he didn't and reacted strong enough to get thrown out of the game. You all saw it."
It was Machado's third strikeout of the game, as he went 0 for 4 on the afternoon. Ryan Flaherty replaced him at third base in the ninth.