BOSTON — The Fenway Park benches emptied Sunday after an obvious dispute between Boston Crimson Sox reliever Chris Martin and Milwaukee Brewers first-base coach Quintin Berry.
Martin ran over to cowl first on Christian Yelich‘s inning-ending grounder within the seventh. As he was strolling towards his personal dugout, Berry appeared to say one thing to Martin.
Martin rotated earlier than first-base umpire Ryan Additon received in entrance of him whereas gamers streamed out of the dugouts and bullpens.
No punches have been thrown and each groups headed off the sector. There have been no ejections.
“I feel their pitcher confirmed some emotion and I feel our individuals thought it was directed at them,” Brewers supervisor Pat Murphy mentioned after the Crimson Sox’s 2-1 win. “I do not know if it actually was or it wasn’t. I am not going to invest what the child was doing. However for those who’re looking at any individual and also you’re saying it, it might be interpreted that you just’re saying it at them.”
Martin mentioned he was upset the Brewers have been making an attempt to bunt usually.
“I in all probability mentioned some issues underneath my breath,” he mentioned. “That was sort of directed at that inning. I am going to allow you to all decide what these issues have been. Warmth of the second. They bunted twice. You see there they bunted there on the finish of the sport. I did not prefer it. I do know it is a part of the sport. … I let ’em know. On this league, swing the bat.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
