PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates had their latest game vs. the Toronto Blue Jays go from bad to worse, as they lost their manager.Pirates manager Don Kelly earned an ejection in the bottom of the sixth inning, with his team trailing the Blue Jays 4-1 at the Rogers Centre.The incident stemmed from when Pirates pitching coach Bill Murphy argued with home plate umpire Alan Porter, after he was frustrated with Porter missing the ABS challenge from catcher Henry Davis on an 0-1 count against Blue Jays second baseman Lenyn Sosa.Porter ejected Murphy, but eventually gave Davis the challenge, which ended up as a strike and made it an 0-2 count.Pirates right-handed relief pitcher Yohan Ramírez then threw a sweeper that Sosa made a check swing on and first base umpire Willie Traynor deemed he didn't go around, making it a 1-2 count.Kelly then let Traynor know how he felt on what he saw was a missed check swing call and then Kelly started arguing with Porter, which led to Porter ejecting him.The Pirates manager then got in Porter's face and Pirates bench coach Kristopher Negrón came in between the two. Negrón is now the acting manager for the Pirates the rest of the game. Assistant pitching coach Cibney Bello is the acting pitching coach. — Platinum Key (@PlatinumKey13) May 23, 2026Make sure to visit Pirates OnSI for the latest news, updates, interviews and insight on the Pittsburgh Pirates!Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow
Pirates’ Don Kelly Ejected Against Blue Jays
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates had their latest game vs. the Toronto Blue Jays go from bad to worse, as they lost their manager. Pirates manager Don Kelly













