DENVER (AP) — Players from St. Louis and Colorado tilted their caps Saturday night in apparent protest of umpire Doug Eddings one day after he instructed Cardinals rookie pitcher Hancel Rincon to straighten his hat.

Eddings’ comments prompted an argument with St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol that led to Marmol’s ejection.

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