Phillies' Trea Turner ejected after nightmare fifth inning leads to boos from home crowd

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The fifth inning for Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner on Monday night against the Baltimore Orioles can only be described as a disaster that eventually led to his ejection. 

The game wasn’t going too well for Turner, as he was already 0-for-2 entering the top of the fifth inning with an error in the field under his belt. 

But the Phillies faithful – known to be tough critics in the seats at Citizens Bank Park – didn’t help ease the nightmare Turner went through to start the top of the fifth inning.

What looked like a routine ground ball up the middle turned into Turner’s second error of the game, as he couldn’t handle it properly and slipped on the dirt while the ball trickled away. 

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Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner (7) fields a ball hit by Cleveland Guardians shortstop Amed Rosario (not pictured) during the third inning at Progressive Field. (Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports)

Turner, shaking his head at the error, was quickly showered with boos from the crowd.

Things got worse when he came to the plate with the game tied at one apiece in the bottom of the fifth. Turner was down 1-2 in his at-bat against Dean Kremer, when the latter tossed a sinker that looked to be just below the strike zone.

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Home plate umpire Will Little thought it was a strike, though, following James McCann’s great frame at the bottom of the zone. However, that set Turner off when he was called out on strikes to end the inning with the go-ahead run stranded at second base. 

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