There are few moments in a more intense baseball game than a relief launcher launched with a punch. Dennis Santana from Pirates of Pittsburgh He just went through his before even entering the game.
Santana, 29, was trapped in the video that seemed to make a swing In a fan Behind the pirates bust during the loss of the team by 8-4 in the Tigers A Detroit on Thursday, June 19th. video He does not show what he said or made the fan to cause Santana’s anger.
“You know me and I am a type of person asking,” Santana he saidVia interpreter and coach Stephen Morales. “I have never had a problem with any of the teams I played and I guess the boy crossed the line a few times. I would not like to go in.”
A video shows Santana discussing with a fan carrying a yellow shirt in the front row behind the bag. With the safety by his side, Santana turned the fan before his teammates and coaches entered to move it away.
“As I said, they crossed the line too often,” Santana continued. “Do not justify actions, but it was too much.”
It was the second game of a double head between the pirates and the tigers, and Santana even entered the game after the incident. He withdrew the only bunch he faced before a rainbow forced him to the party.
After the game, the pirate manager Don Kelly He hesitated to address what happened, as he did not have a complete view of the incident from his place to the mouth.
“I’m still gathering facts,” he said. “I don’t have enough information to comment -really.”
This was not the only incident at Comeric Park on Thursday. At the tenth post, the pirate camper Tommy PHAM He argued with a fan while in the circle of the roof. Kelly, pace of the domestic plate Dexter Kelley and pirate Oneil CruzThat was at that time in the bat, everything stepped between the two parts. The fan was expelled from the stadium.
“I didn’t see it,” Kelly said. “I guess fans called something to him and did not kindly brought him. The security did a great job to detain this situation quite fast.”
Catcher tigers Jake Rogers He later told journalists that he “heard everything,” but refused to reveal what was said. Pham left the stadium without talking to journalists.
Major League Baseball has not announced any fines or suspensions derived from the party from this writing. Tigers and pirates are planned to meet again from July 21 to 23 in Pittsburgh.