Blue Jays starting pitcher Alek Manoah saw his outing cut short on Saturday, by no fault of his own. In fact, his sixth-inning removal from the tightly contested game against the rival Orioles, stemmed from a mound visit from manager John Schneider.
After Schneider was seen briefly discussing strategy with Manoah and Toronto’s infielders, home plate umpire Dan Iassogna approached the mound to relay the fact that this was the Toronto’s second mound visit of the inning.
MLB prohibits managers from visiting the mound twice in an inning. The second mound visit in a single inning requires that a pitching change is made.
