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San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado is not going to face self-discipline after throwing a baseball towards the Los Angeles Dodgers dugout previous to the underside of the sixth inning throughout Recreation 2 of the Nationwide League Championship Sequence on Sunday night, per ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez:
“Main League Baseball reviewed footage of Machado’s throw towards the Dodgers’ dugout, which caromed to the netting in entrance of the place Roberts normally sits, and won’t hand out any self-discipline, a supply informed ESPN.”
Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic beforehand reported that the Dodgers despatched video to Main League Baseball of Machado throwing the ball towards the dugout. Video emerged from a number of sources after it occurred.
Annie Heilbrunn @annieheilbrunn
To be clear, the ball does bounce off the rail and into the sphere, by which you see the ball boy come up the steps and retrieve it.
Jeff Passan @JeffPassan
Right here is an alternate digital camera angle of San Diego 3B Manny Machado throwing a ball towards the Los Angeles Dodgers’ dugout throughout Recreation 2 of the NLDS, obtained by ESPN. The incident stays some extent of rivalry with Recreation 3 tonight, as @Alden_Gonzalez reported: https://t.co/grEVYusdPY pic.twitter.com/Qo0CGqqeVz
Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated Machado’s throw was “unsettling.”
“It was unsettling,” Roberts stated, per ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez.
“Clearly I’ve a relationship with Manny from years previous. There was intent behind it. It did not virtually hit me as a result of there was a internet. And that was very bothersome. If it was meant at me, I might be very — it is fairly disrespectful. So, I do not know his intent. I do not wish to communicate for him. However I did see the video. And the ball was directed at me with one thing behind it. However I do not know what led to that.”
Machado stated after the sport, per AJ Cassavell of MLB.com: “I throw balls on a regular basis into the dugouts. Each dugouts. They’ve bat boys, you throw the ball again in there.”
Padres supervisor Mike Shildt defended Machado, saying he did not imagine there was any intent in any respect behind the throw.
At any price, Machado will not be punished by the league, which is clearly a welcome sight for the Padres. The six-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner hit 29 house runs with 105 RBI. Each figures led the crew.
There’s in the end no love misplaced between the Dodgers and Padres, who’ve turn out to be bitter NL West rivals over time. The 2 groups have now confronted one another thrice within the Nationwide League Division Sequence. L.A. took out San Diego en path to a World Sequence victory in 2020. The Padres then pulled off a large upset over the 111-win Dodgers within the 2022 NLDS.
Now the 2 groups are amid a heated collection in 2024, with the winner going through the victor of the New York Mets vs. Philadelphia Phillies NLDS for the appropriate to combat for the pennant.
