The second NLDS game between the Padres and the Dodgers was delayed for about 9 minutes because fans threw objects on the field.
LOS ANGELES — The start of the bottom of the seventh inning Sunday was delayed y About two dozen security guards lined up in the Dodger Stadium foul linesafter the fans will throw objects onto the field in it Game 2 of the SDLNwhich further increased tensions between Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padresdivision rivals.
Two baseballs were thrown in the direction of Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar, who in the first inning had fun with the fans by reaching into the stands to steal a home run from Mookie Betts, and after a while he made a fool of them by reveal that he had caught the ball.
Fans threw objects onto the field in the seventh inning and the game between the Padres and the Dodgers was delayed about 9 minutes. AP Photo/Ashley Landis
Profar got into a heated argument with the umpires after the two baseballs came close to hitting him in the seventh, prompting all the Padres players, along with manager Mike Shildt, to enter the field and gather around his around. Moments later, as the defensive players took their places again, three objects were thrown onto the right field warning track in the direction of Fernando Tatis Jr.
The tension began on the field, when Dodgers starting pitcher Jack Flaherty hit Tatis Jr. in the left side with an 0-1 sinker to start the sixth inning. Flaherty briefly apologized, but Profar and Dodgers catcher Will Smith, who made headlines earlier this season by calling Profar “irrelevant,” exchanged words at the plate.
Moments later, Flaherty struck out Manny Machado, yelled at him and motioned for him to return to the dugout. Machado became aware of Flaherty’s comments as he approached the dugout railing and stared at Flaherty as he was taken out of the game immediately afterward. Machado and Flaherty continued to argue when Machado returned to defend in the top of the seventh.
Fans became involved, causing a nine-minute delay.
San Diego won the game 10-2, to tie the best-of-five series 1-1.
