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Cincinnati Reds pitcher Caleb Ferguson has issued an apology to umpire Bill Miller for the heated comments the reliever made on the mound Monday, which were captured on the game's broadcast.
"Don't feel great about it for sure. Definitely pretty uncharacteristic for myself. As long as I have been in this game, I don't know if you will find a clip of me going at an umpire like that. Definitely going to have to wear that one on the chest.
“Going to seek Bill out, going to try to at some point. Definitely make it right with him ‘cause very unprofessional on my part.
“Nothing you can do with it now, but just have to move on. I know Bill's doing his best to not be in his way in that situation, so I've got to be better on my part, too."
The reliever laid into the umpire on Monday after it appeared that Miller got in the way of infielder Edwin Arroyo, preventing him from making a play. The broadcast caught Ferguson making an expletive-heavy comment in which he insulted Miller's size.
When Ferguson came into the game, there were two runners on with one out in the inning. The Reds then opted to intentionally walk Dominic Canzone to load the bases. Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh made them pay for it by hitting a grand slam, which put the Mariners up 7-0 at the time.
After Ferguson got the second out, the incident with Miller occurred. No more runs were plated, but it did extend the inning by one batter. The reliever then got out of it by striking out Luke Raley, but the damage had been done, both on the scoreboard and on social media.
Ferguson's final line of the night was 2/3 innings, 3 hits, 2 earned runs, 1 walk and 1 strikeout.
