Dalton Rushing struck out on two pitches during the Dodgers’ loss to the Marlins on Tuesday night. Miami was up 2–0 when Rushing came to the plate with the bases empty in the bottom of the fifth inning. Rushing took the first pitch from Janson Junk for a strike and then fouled off the second pitch. Then he was called out.
After hitting the foul ball, Rushing had to walk back across the plate to prepare for the next pitch. As he crossed in front of the catcher he looked at homeplate umpire Clint Vondrak and asked for a timeout. If Vondrak granted that timeout, he quickly forgot, because he called Rushing for a pitch clock violation for not being ready in the box with the clock at the eight-second mark.
