Blue Jays plunk Rays' Kevin Kie vintage atlanta braves t shirts rmaier in apparent retaliation over pitching card dispute
September 23, 2021
Perhaps everything isn’t "aqua under the bridge" between the Blue Jays and Rays after Toronto reliev atlanta braves baseball jersey xl er Ryan Borucki committed an apparent act of revenge against Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier in the teams' series finale on Wednesday.
With T atlanta braves jersey ozzie albies ampa Bay comfortably leading 7-1, Borucki opened thRobinson Canoe eighth inning by hitting Kiermaier directly in the back. Both benches immediately cleared, and both Borucki and Blue Jays pitching coach Pete Walker were ejected from the game.
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The 93 mph plunking doesn’t come as a total surprise: During the Rays' 6-4 win on Monday night, Kiermaier slid into home base and was caught taking a card that fell from Toronto catcher Alejandro Kirk’s wristband that detailed their pitching plan against the defending American League champions. Kiermaier picked up the fallen card, and brought it back to Paul Hoover, the franchiseTrevor Story Red Sox Jerseys’s major league field coordinator.
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According to SportsNet, the Blue Jays sent a bat boy to the Rays’ dManny Machado ugout to retrieve the card, though he was promptly denied.
Rays manager Kevin Cash spoke to his atlanta braves world series sweatshirt Toronto counterpart about the incident ahead of their game on Tuesday; atlanta braves jersey xl blue Charlie Montoyo confirm atlanta braves world series jersey ed later that Cash apologized to him, saying the issue was “aqua under the bridge.”
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Montoyo's comment, however, was made with the backdrop of a 4-2 Toronto win against the Rays. It was clear on Wednesday that the Blue Jays — in a tight race for a wild-card spot with the Red Sox and Yankees — would not win the series.
Following the incident, Tampa went on to win 7-1, becoming the first American League team to clinch a spot in the playoffs this season.