The Blue Jays didn’t need to hear from Orioles reliever Bryan Baker and the sensation was mutual.
After Baker struck out Matt Chapman to finish the highest of the seventh, he turned and appeared to say one thing to the Toronto dugout and made a “chirping” hand gesture that appeared to point he was bored with the speak from his opponent. It led to each benches and the bullpens clearing after Baker began to stroll to the Blue Jays facet at Camden Yards on Tuesday evening.
No punches had been thrown and the groups rapidly dispersed. The Orioles went on to win the sport 9-6 to maneuver inside 3 ½ of the Blue Jays for the ultimate AL wild-card spot.
Whereas Baker was calmly walked off the sphere by Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman, the Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Teoscar Hernández wanted to be restrained by the Orioles Jorge Mateo. Guerrero and Hernandez did break away at one level however didn't get far.
Baker allowed the primary two Toronto hitters to achieve base within the seventh, however with males on first and third, Hernández — who had homered off Baker in Monday’s first sport — bounced right into a double play. A run scored on that play to make it 6-5, nevertheless it left the bases empty.
“After I hit the groundball, he’s gazing me and saying, ‘Yeah, yeah,’” Hernández stated. “After which he strikes out Chapman. As quickly as he strikes out, he turns into our dugout and begins speaking and pointing at me, and saying that I used to be speaking an excessive amount of. However I wasn’t speaking. I wasn’t saying something.”
Baker noticed it otherwise, although he stated he most likely ought to have dealt with the scenario higher.
“It was nothing in the direction of their staff or something. It was simply type of letting him know that I do know that he’s speaking,” Baker stated. “There’s actually no concern with the staff or something like that. I don’t assume that there’s any unhealthy blood or something like that. I used to be simply letting him know that basically.”
— with AP
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