TORONTO (AP) - Blue Jays right-hander José Berríos suspected Seattle's Cal Raleigh was relaying pitch information to his Mariners teammates and wanted the hard-hitting catcher to know what he thought of it.
José Berríos and Cal Raleigh exchange angry words over suspected pitch tipping incident
TORONTO (AP) - Blue Jays right-hander José Berríos suspected Seattle's Cal Raleigh was relaying pitch information to his Mariners teammates and wanted the hard-hitting catcher to know what he thought of it.
Berríos exchanged angry words with Raleigh as he walked back to the dugout at the end of the fourth inning of Saturday's 8-4, 12-inning loss to the Mariners.
"I don't react that way very often," Berríos said. "I'm a quiet and chill guy. But when some people are trying to fight with us in the field, I don't respect that. I don't like that.”
Both benches cleared as Berríos and Raleigh jawed back between third base and home plate, but the situation did not escalate. As relievers from both teams were running in from the bullpens, Toronto slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was waving his teammates back.