Michael William Muchlinski (; born February 26, 1977) is an American

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. He umpired his first Major League game on April 24, 2006, and was officially hired by MLB prior to the 2014 season.

Umpiring career

Muchlinski officiated behind the plate on August 5, 2011, for a benches-clearing brawl between the

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and the

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. He ejected Phillies center fielder

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, Giants catcher Eli Whiteside, and Giants pitcher Ramón Ramírez from the game. Muchlinski was the first base umpire on June 13, 2012, when Giants pitcher Matt Cain threw a perfect game against the

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. Muchlinski was the home plate umpire on June 20, 2015, when

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pitcher

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pitched a no-hitter against the

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. Scherzer had a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning and a 2–2 count on

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. Tábata appeared to lean into Scherzer's eighth pitch of the at bat, controversially ruled a

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by Muchlinski.

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