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“I’m definitely not trying to hit him, just trying to execute my pitch.”
Albert Abreu clears the air after Randy Arozarena’s HBP caused a bench-clearing scuffle on Sunday. pic.twitter.com/bpn24Oxlpw
— YES Network (@YESNetwork) August 27, 2023
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August twenty seventh, 2023
ST. PETERSBURG — Facing one another for the ultimate time this season, the Rays and Yankees’ heated rivalry reignited close to the tip of Tampa Bay’s 7-4 win Sunday afternoon at Tropicana Field.
Yankees reliever Albert Abreu started the eighth inning by hitting All-Star outfielder Randy Arozarena with a 95.5 mph sinker, the second time this yr that Abreu has plunked Arozarena. It was additionally the fourth time in Sunday’s recreation, the fifth time on this three-game collection and the twelfth time this yr {that a} Rays hitter was hit by a pitch from the Yankees, whereas Tampa Bay hit New York twice in 13 video games this season.
Abreu’s plunking of Arozarena sparked two benches-clearing incidents within the eighth. Arozarena stated he thought it was intentional, whereas Abreu and Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated not one of the hit-by-pitches have been on goal. There have been no ejections or punches thrown throughout both scrum.
“I don’t know why. It just seems like they always want to hit Randy,” Arozarena stated by way of interpreter Manny Navarro. “It’s just a coincidence that it’s the same pitcher that hit me the last time.”
There is numerous historical past and animosity between the American League East rivals, particularly over inside pitches, a feud that peaked when Aroldis Chapman threw over Mike Brosseau’s head in the course of the 2020 season.
In Friday evening’s collection opener, Yankees reliever Jonathan Loáisiga hit All-Star infielder Yandy Díaz within the left forearm with a fastball. Díaz stated afterward he didn’t suppose it was intentional, however he was clearly upset as he walked to first base. It additionally had a long-lasting affect, as Díaz wasn’t capable of play Saturday or Sunday.
“They’ve had a few guys hit this series, so I get it, especially Díaz being out right now,” Boone stated. “I get the frustration, but nothing is happening on purpose. Obviously, some tempers got going.”
On Sunday, three Yankees pitchers hit Rays batters. A Carlos Rodón slider caught Osleivis Basabe within the first inning, then Tampa Bay was significantly upset when reliever Ian Hamilton ran a first-pitch 95 mph sinker up and in that bounced off Isaac Paredes’ batting helmet, simply behind his ear, within the fifth.
Paredes remained within the recreation, was checked by docs and stated he felt good after the sport. Hamilton stated he was simply making an attempt to throw a two-seamer inside and “definitely” not making an attempt to hit Paredes, even saying, “My fault,” as Paredes walked down the road. But a number of Rays pointed to that as a “scary” second that heightened their consciousness of the unbalanced hit-by-pitch totals.
“It’s a scary moment when any player gets hit with a mid-90s fastball and certainly in the head like Isaac did,” Rays supervisor Kevin Cash stated. “Is Hamilton trying to hit him on purpose? No, I’m very confident that he did not. That doesn’t make it less scary, though. So to say I had a problem, I would rather my guys not get hit.”
Said Hamilton: “I understand it, but at the same time, if they want to come over here, they can come over here. I wish we had another game against them.”
Asked to make clear why he wished to once more face the Rays, who gained the season collection, 8-5, Hamilton stated, “I think everyone in here wished we had another game against them.”
The Rays, two video games behind the Orioles within the AL East standings and already down a lot of key gamers, provided a unique perspective.
“[The Yankees are] a last-place team. We don’t need to worry about it. We need to focus up on what we need to do down the stretch,” Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe stated. “If they lose a guy, it’s not going to be quite as big of a deal as if we lose one of our guys. We’re focused up on kind of the bigger-picture thing right now.”
Still, the Rays have been clearly upset when Arozarena was hit by Abreu within the eighth. He had beforehand been hit twice by the Yankees after a first-inning homer on May 5, one from Jhony Brito and the opposite from Abreu. Arozarena instantly gestured towards the mound earlier than each dugouts emptied onto the sector.
“It was a 3-1 count. I think it was on purpose. If you look back at previous series, he’s hit me before,” Arozarena stated by way of Navarro. “I’ve been hit in previous years before that. They hurt Yandy the other day. They hit Paredes in the head today, so I think it probably was an issue for them.”
Abreu stated he tried to elucidate to Arozarena that he wasn’t making an attempt to hit him, however Arozarena reminded him it wasn’t the primary time he had achieved so.
“I definitely don’t want to do that. So immediately, things get a little heated and he’s kind of accusing me of hitting him,” Abreu stated by way of an interpreter. “I’m trying to execute a good sinker in there, especially in that count, trying to get out of that inning and create some weak contact there.”
Arozarena then stole second and third off Abreu, and the 2 exchanged phrases once more as Arozarena went to retrieve his helmet. Abreu stated he was nonetheless making an attempt to elucidate it wasn’t intentional, however Arozarena stated he couldn’t hear Abreu. The dugouts emptied once more, with the long-running tensions between the golf equipment clear on each side.
“I applaud Randy for keeping his emotions just enough in check to where it didn’t get out of hand,” Cash stated. “They don’t like to be hit. No player likes to be hit, and there’s a level of frustration there.”
Both dugouts have been warned, and the Rays didn’t retaliate. Will this feud proceed? We’ll discover out subsequent yr.
“I don’t know if it’ll go on. But I’ve been here for three years, and if you look at previous videos, we get hit a lot,” Arozarena stated by way of Navarro. “Our job is to just keep [going] out there and just playing baseball. That’s what we need to do.”
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