Jazz Chisholm, Jr. has accused Maikel Garcia of intentionally trying to hurt Anthony Volpe while sliding into second base during Game 4 of a tense ALDS between the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals on Thursday night.
Garcia led off the sixth inning with a single and Michael Massey followed with a chopper to first base. Jon Berti fielded the ball and stepped on the bag and then fired to Volpe covering second for the double play. Garcia slid hard into the base -- and Volpe likewise delivered a hard tag on the Kansas City third baseman.
Tempers immediately flared, and both clubs flooded the field, though no punches were thrown and nobody was tossed.
\"I just felt like he tried to go in and injure Volpe because he was being a sore loser. You know what I mean?\" Chisholm said. \"He was talking a ton on Instagram and Twitter and stuff. I do the same thing, but I\'m not going to injure somebody if they\'re winning a game. I didn\'t like that. I told him we don\'t do that on this side and I\'m going to stick up for my guys.\"
When asked what happened from his perspective, Royals manager Matt Quatraro was matter of fact: \"Volpe had the ball, blocked the bag. Maikel probably didn\'t care for that too much, and it got a little chippy.\"
Via Associated Press