Tommy Edman had nary usage for nan brace of overzealous Yankees fans who virtually took Game 4 into their ain hands Tuesday night.
“That looked ridiculous from my perspective,” nan Dodgers’ shortstop said of nan fans who grabbed Mookie Betts during a foul shot successful nan first inning of nan Yankees’ 11-4 win successful Game 4 connected Tuesday night, according to The Athletic. “The feline was trying to yank (Betts’) mitt off, pulling astatine his wrist, looked for illustration he sewage ejected, and I’m gladsome he did. I’ve ne'er seen thing for illustration that. That was unacceptable.”
The Yankees’ first at-bat Tuesday nighttime featured 1 of nan much outlandish things you’ll spot successful a shot crippled erstwhile Gleyber Torres lifted a foul shot down nan correct statement that Betts caught correct astatine nan wall.
One Yankees instrumentality — later identified arsenic Austin Capobianco — attempted to either rip Betts’ mitt disconnected aliases astatine slightest dislodge nan ball.
While Betts attempted to wrestle his limb distant from nan fan, different grabbed his correct manus successful a stunning development.
Betts, understandably, did not admit nan relationship successful nan moment.
The brace of fans were ejected for their actions.
The erstwhile Red Sox prima later downplayed nan incident and said he did not get wounded connected nan play.
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“I didn’t moreover cognize he grabbed my hand,” he said. “It’s perfectly fine.”
He added: “When it comes to nan personification and play, it doesn’t matter. We lost. It’s irrelevant. I’m fine, he’s fine. Everything’s cool. We mislaid nan game, that’s what I’m benignant of focused on. We sewage to move nan page and get fresh for tomorrow.”
Dodgers head Dave Roberts described nan business arsenic “the fans sewage successful nan measurement and nan umpires sewage it right.”
Game 5 is group for Wednesday nighttime successful The Bronx with Gerrit Cole hoping to support nan Yankees’ play live erstwhile he faces Jack Flaherty successful a Game 1 rematch.