"In explaining his ejection in the sixth inning of Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Giants, Astros outfielder Carlos Lee said he was bothered at the strike call by home plate umpire Bill Welke, but what got him upset was Welke's actions right after.

"The thing that got me over the edge was that he started going to me like (motioning his hand in a dismissive manner) 'Get out of here,'?" Lee said. "I was walking away and he made like (repeating the motion) 'Get out of here.' I'm like … I said something I shouldn't have said, probably."

Lee was convinced Welke's call for the strikeout was incorrect.

"I'm seeing the pitch and the ball good, and we get calls like that," said Lee, who said he watched the replay at least four times in the clubhouse.

"I don't argue that much, but I was sure that was not a strike."

It marked Lee's first ejection as a member of the Astros.

He became the third Astro to be ejected over the past seven games. Michael Bourn (May 8) and manager Brad Mills (May 9) were the others."