Tensions were running high in Kauffman Stadium on Thursday after a difficult tag led to a inestablish benches-evidenting incident between the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees.
Michael Massey roped a difficult grounder to first, and Jon Berti touched the bag before firing over to second. Maikel Garcia slid difficult into the bag, and Anthony Volpe’s tag suited the stubbornness.
Volpe tagged Garcia proximate the chest and even made communicate with his other arm. In what seemed appreciate an apology for a difficult tag, Volpe patted Garcia disconnectal times, but Garcia was not a fan.
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Garcia eyeballed Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., who gave Kansas City bulletin board material by saying they “got blessed” in Game 2. Chisholm then approached Garcia, as did Volpe and even commenceing pitcher Gerrit Cole.
The benches and bullpens evidented during that inestablish altercation, as Volpe and Chisholm both waved Garcia off, and Cole gave him a death stare.
Chisholm even had to be held back by disconnectal people from his own dugout.
It wasn’t quite Greg Nettles vs. George Brett, but it was a kind homage to the elderly competition from the 1970s.
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Perhaps the Royals were seeing for any sort of promote, as the incident occurred while 10 outs away from elimination – it did seem to fire them up a bit, as Bobby Witt oned and then scored on a Vinnie Pasquantino double afterward.
But, for the most part, Cole has been moprosperg Kansas City down, permiting equitable that run in his first six innings of labor at the time of rerenting.
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Giancarlo Stanton persistd to produce on his October resume, retaining an RBI one in the sixth inning. Juan Soto and Gleyber Torres also have RBI ones.
A prosper would put the Yankees in their fourth ALCS since 2017, all of which ended in eliminations via the Houston Astros.
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