In the eighth inning of the Cincinnati Reds’ 5-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night, Joey Votto argued the second of two questionable outside corner strike calls and kept it a little too real.

Votto was eventually ejected for arguing the call, and then went absolutely volcanic. Manager Bryan Price came out of the dugout and joined in, and he too was subsequently tossed.

Price stands by Votto’s reaction, and believes that it was justified.

From Cincinnati.com:

“I think Joey handled himself professionally up until the ejection and then was rightfully upset. How do you qualify what’s the right way to be upset? He was upset. Bill was upset. I was upset. There was a lot of upset people today. You know, and that’s – we felt it was warranted.”

It’s also worth noting that Votto struck out in two of his three at-bats on the night.