Mariners celebrate Jesse atlanta braves city connect jersey Winker with standing ovation, pizza pin after brawl with Angels
June 28, 2022
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Jesse Winker was one of the catalysts behind a bench-clearing brawl in the Mariners vs. Angels game on Sunday.
The fight started after Winker was plunked by Angels pitcher Andrew Wantz in what had been a chippy series between the AL West rivals. Mike Trout took ex atlanta braves official merchandise ception to a pitch thrown inside at him and later, Wantz threw behind Mariners star rookie Julio Rodriguez.
O atlanta braves jersey button up nce Winker was hit, that was the final straw and the benches cleared.
The Seattle faithful evidently appreciated Winker standing up for his teammate, even if it did land him a seven-game suspension, which he is currently appealing.
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The Mariners returned home on Monday for the first time since the brawl, and fans showed their appreciation in several ways. Most notably, he received a standing ova atlanta braves gold program jersey tion when he first stepped to the plate against the Orioles.
But the appreciation for Winker didn't stop there. The Mariners also anJ.T. Realmuto nounced that fans who bought a Winker jersey at Tuesday's game would be gifted a free Mariners pizza pin with the purchase.
The pizza pin was a nod to a heartwarming story that occurred after Winker was ejected from the game against the Angels. A Mariners fan from Arkansas named Sofie Dill — @Sofieballgame on Twitter — ordered a pizza to be delivered to Winker following the brawl and had it delivered to Angels Stadium by a DoorDash Driver Simranjeet Singh.
Winker eventually received the pizza and thanked Dill for delivering it in a Twitter DM. Meanwhile, she shared Singh's Venmo information on Twitter and numerous Mariners fans tipped him to create an all-around happy ending.
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Winker didn't have a partMLB Jacketsicularly memorable performance in Seattle's 9-2 loss to Baltimore. He went 0-3 with a walk in four at-bats. Still, it does atlanta braves jersey navy n't seem like he will forget the atmosphere created by the Mariners and their fans during his return home.
"There’s almost a 3,000th hit vibe inside the ballpark right now," Mariners announcer Dave Sims said when WiBryce Harper nker first stepped to the plate on the Root Sports Network broadcast.