The Royals beat the Twins 7-to-2 in a contest that was spiced up by something of a temper tantrum.

Torri Hunter was not happy with the way the umpire was calling strikes. After a brief argument on the subject, Hunter was ejected from the game.

That’s when he started taking off his equipment and throwing it into the field. Hunter had to be restrained briefly, before yanking off his elbow pad, shin guard and batting gloves and throwing them around the batter’s box area. Then Hunter ripped off his jersey and hurled that over the first-base line, before retreating to the dugout.

“You know what he’s trying to do. He’s trying to fire everybody up and get `em going,” Kansas City manager Ned Yost said. “They’ve been in a little slow bat period themselves, and he’s trying to get everybody fired up and get `em going. It’s a bit entertaining.”

“We have bad days, all of us, as hitters, pitchers. Even umpires have bad days, and he had one.”