ST. LOUIS -- First baseman Willson Contreras threw a bat that mistakenly hit his own coach and tossed bubble gum on the field after he was ejected in the St. Louis Cardinals ' 7-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.

Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol also was tossed during an animated argument with the umpires after a called third strike in the seventh inning.

Contreras said he didn't understand why he was ejected.

"I didn't argue any pitch," Contreras said. "All I said was, 'Call the pitches on both sides because you're missing for us.' Then, I turned around. The next thing I hear, he threw me out. There's no reason for it. Apparently, he heard something [he thought] I said. I did not say that."

Marmol agreed with his player.

"We'll have to dive into it to make

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