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Homeplate umpire Dan Iassogna was knocked off his feet by a pitch from Rodón in the second.

Danny Hultzen, in his long-awaited major league debut, hit Yelich in the left hand with a 94 mph slider that deflected and hit homeplate umpire Will Little just above his right knee.

The parting gift was presented to Bochy by Rockies counterpart Bud Black, and team owner Richard Monfort during a pregame ceremony at homeplate.

Anthony Alford took the free pass, getting some help from homeplate ump James Hoye, who didn’t call a pair of pitches that Pitch F/X showed to be strikes right at the top of the zone.

For the same reason Wieters is a slow runner, he’s a massive homeplate focal point at 6 foot 5 and 230 pounds.