NEW YORK -- There was no pause, no hesitation for home plate umpire Adam Hamari.

As soon as Noah Syndergaard's pitch sailed behind Chase Utley in the third inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers' 9-1 rout of the Mets, Hamari immediately ejected the 23-year-old fireballer without warning.

Hamari's quick hook infuriated manager Terry Collins, who came out to argue and was subsequently tossed as well.

After the game, crew chief Tom Hallion answered several questions from a pool reporter about Hamari's decision. Here's the full transcript of his explanation:

On the ejection:

"The ruling was that he intentionally threw at the batter, and with that, we have a judgement of whether we thought it was intentional, and if it it was, we can either warn or eject. And with what happened in that situation, we felt the ejection was warranted."

Why was it warranted?:

"Because the pitch was thrown behind Utley."

On whether playoffs played a role:

"We handle our games separately for all individual games. So we take each game individually."

"We have to make a snap decision. We can't think about, OK, well this guy did this or he did that in game six of whatever. We don't have enough time to think that way. We make a decision on what happens in the game."

Did last year's playoff incident factor into the ejection?:

"We take each game individually. It's its own game. We react to what happens on the field when it happens."

Why did you not issue a warning instead of an ejection?:

"Because he threw behind him and we felt it was intentional."

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