Jay Johnson explains being ejected after balk call goes against LSU

The SEC Baseball Tournament delivered on Saturday afternoon, with some wild sequences unfolding during LSU’s win over South Carolina — sending the Tigers to the championship game. Head coach Jay Johnson did not get to see a lot of the madness, being ejected from the game in the top of the 10th inning. He was in the clubhouse hallway, not even watching Steven Milan hit a walk-off home run.

Johnson was ejected due to South Carolina being awarded a run after an attempt to steal home. The umpiring crew determined LSU catcher Alex Milazzo interfered on the play, giving the Gamecocks the lead at the time. Understandably, Johnson was not too thrilled with the decision and got tossed from the game.

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He decided to quickly leave the field, explaining his decision. Johnson was told there could be a suspension in play if he stuck around and argued. Not wanting to take any risks heading into the NCAA Tournament, Johnson got out of there.

“No, I’m not messing with anything,” Johnson said during a postgame interview with SEC Network. “We got too much important baseball coming tomorrow and the NCAA Tournament… The umpire crew, once I was ejected, it was like ‘You got to leave right now. Otherwise, there’s going to be a suspension.’ We fought too hard to get to this position. So I basically walked off the field.”

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