Two followers at Yankee Stadium have been ejected from Sport 4 of the World Collection after one pried a foul ball out of the glove of Los Angeles Dodgers proper fielder Mookie Betts on Tuesday evening.
Betts leaped on the wall in foul territory and initially caught Gleyber Torres‘ pop up within the first inning, however a fan within the first row with a grey Yankees‘ highway jersey grabbed Betts’ glove with each palms and pulled the ball out. One other fan grabbed Betts’ non-glove hand.
Betts reacted angrily, and Torres was instantly referred to as out on fan interference.
“On the subject of the particular person in play, it does not matter,” Betts stated. “We misplaced. It is irrelevant. I am tremendous. He is tremendous. Every thing’s cool. We misplaced the sport and that is what I am type of centered on. We acquired to show the web page and prepare for tomorrow.”
The Dodgers had a two-run lead on the time on Freddie Freeman‘s two-run homer, however the Dodgers have been unable to finish a sweep and took an 11-4 loss to the Yankees.
“I’ve by no means seen something prefer it,” stated Dodgers rookie pitcher Ben Casparius. “It is fairly attention-grabbing. It was clearly very early within the sport so I believe it type of set the tone.”
It was the second time Torres had an at-bat impacted by fan interference this World Collection. With two outs within the ninth inning of Sport 1 at Dodger Stadium, Torres hit a fly ball to left subject, and a fan reached over and caught the ball. Torres was awarded a double.
Torres later hit a three-run homer to proper subject for New York’s last runs.
