"Bobby Abreu was ejected Tuesday night for the fifth time in his career for disputing a called third strike, never leaving the batter's box as home-plate umpire Angel Campos tossed him.

And that, apparently, was the problem.

"Angel said he let Bobby have his say and was going to let Bobby walk away but he didn't, and enough was enough," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.

Scioscia, though, said he thought the ejection "was a little quick," and so did Abreu, whose 1,394 career walks rank 28th all-time.

"They (umpires) know that I know the strike zone very well," Abreu said. "I don't argue with the umpires very often. In a way, he should have more respect, knowing me; I take a lot of pitches and I know the strike zone very well."

Abreu said he didn't get heated or vulgar, he simply said, "The ball was down, the ball was down."

"I can take it if he's a little confused; he's human, we all make mistakes," Abreu said. "But his reaction was that he was right."

Abreu was the first ejection of Tuesday's game, but not the last. Tigers manager Jim Leyland and pitchers Justin Verlander and Rick Porcello were ejected as well.

Porcello was in the dugout and not in the game when he was ejected in the ninth inning. Verlander was ejected by third base umpire Angel Hernandez as Verlander walked off the field with two outs in the eighth inning, just having been removed from the game. "