Benches Clear After Adolis Garcia Is Hit By Pitch | Full Sequence | MLB Clutch Moments And Walk Offs

Here is the full sequence of the hit by pitch on Adolis Garcia that leads to the benches clearing in game five of the 2023 American League Championship Series

[@SMcCaskill]

Adolis Garcia has been tearing it up in Houston tonight in Game 7.

[@fourdubs4]

This comment aged well

[@balbarith45]

It was a rare moment. Dusty Baker is not someone you typically see get ejected.

[@tigremalabarista3461]

Yes and the rare times he is you know there was some serious officials BS going on.

[@bnegs521]

Dusty is a hack.

[@sergiocarlos5395]

I love Dusty for his player career. Not for his manager career.

[@jaredr991]

@@sergiocarlos5395I agree. He’s not a good manager but he went up a couple notches in my book after this. He’s at a 3 now.

[@jaredr991]

@lilolilo7325 that’s kinda true. He’s the Kamala of the MLB. There is 1 reason he is the Astros coach.

[@juliusbrannon6098]

Dusty a pro! Stalling making their closer get cold!😂😂

[@Alex_thegr81]

On top of giving Pressley time to warmup in the bullpen

[@simonnguyen6664]

Thanks to Adolis Garcia's antic.

[@peace4myheart]

And gave more time for Pressly to warm up.

[@andresnoneya]

💯

[@bryankirkham8249]

Exactly

[@Michael-dt9lo]

Anyone who runs from the dugout with a bat to the brawl should be auto fined.

[@kingrabbit7360]

Hes on deck what?

[@rayRay-pw6gz]

They should just force the batter and pitcher to hug as a sign of good sportsmanship . You know , like professionals being paid . 😎😆😵‍💫

[@Michael-dt9lo]

Deck or dugout, drop the bat. Auto fine. @@kingrabbit7360

[@jerryhamer]

First time I seen the batter go after the catcher after being hit

[@dgaz3057]

Seems everyone think Maldy is a master mind, but got ejected too and Diaz finished the win.

[@MainOne01]

@@dgaz3057Maldy was not ejected. He was pinch hit for and replaced

[@dgaz3057]

Thanks for clearing that up, I heard somewhere he was, I thought he was pinched though...@@MainOne01

[@jaredr991]

That cry baby’s Garcia wanted no part of Abreu! I don’t blame him. Maldy would mop the floor with Garcia too.

[@Mr.DerekReese]

I refer you to an all time great clip of the hitter going after the catcher first kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWrEqYGdpLppkJYsi=RUkM0TR0XvjGAOX8

[@tubenachos]

Great theatrics and tactics by Dusty 😂😂😂

[@baimbaconteh9310]

Nothing like a good old rivary in sports. Much respect to Alvarez for trying to cool off Garcia, especially when he's pissed off. Lets go Astros!

[@thesportsbeast3809]

They cheated

[@jpp0901]

How do you feel now!!😂….Let’s go rangers !!!!

[@baimbaconteh9310]

@@jpp0901 I still feel great, thank you!

[@whatsupfoo4592]

Astros should thank Adufus…he’s the real MVP here.😂

[@Fuego760]

Especially after game 6 right?

[@crazycris29]

actually yes, he is the MVP now. lol

[@wesleyball1205]

This comment aged both terribly and wonderfully at the same time.

[@mezanine10]

Garcia should take a lesson from Altuve on how to react to hitting a HR. Just run the bases like a pro.

[@andromacaavendano6655]

Esos cubanos como los dominicanos con esos perreos estupidos, vean a altuve para que aprendan algo de respeto hacia los rivales.

[@meanguy1]

Altuve is a known cheater, no one needs to take lessons from him. They are both idiots.

[@davidpang7506]

Tough to learn from cheaters

[@dmorris7817]

​@@davidpang7506they need to learn😂😂😂 go Astros

[@ffinga5546]

@@davidpang7506 They got a lesson in emotional manipulation by Dusty Baker whether they learn it or not.

[@lstruggy]

As a Giants fan I’m following this series for obv reason and man even Hollywood can’t write up this script that happened yesterday wow 😮‍💨💯

[@1951RKP]

It happens. Just like his act on his home run it’s all part of the game. Personally I don’t think it was intentional it’s just two teams after a win and are huge rivalry magnified by two cities in the same state that don’t like each other. It’s over move on.

[@davidroman1654]

No doubt it was intentional. And probably called for by manager.

[@NP-gq2rv]

@@davidroman1654 🙄

[@miketubbs1198]

Didn't used to be part of the game, but with social media and the internet, it is now. Just stop with the histrionics...hit the home run, circle the bases and get back in the dugout and all the hoo-hah would be eliminated. Garcia just gave the Astros a boost and the Rangers lost because of it.

[@tigremalabarista3461]

@@davidroman1654 please explain why a team would give up a base plunking a player with no outs and 2 on base, ensuring a Rangers win? They wouldn’t.

[@aidencortez5490]

@@davidroman1654well if it is then it helped us so idgaf 😂😂😂

[@DivineForcesBro]

The fact Dusty sat in the dugout and kept stalling out the game was a mastermind move

[@enriquelopezjr1586]

What a mastermind, bet he won the series…ohh wait…he didn’t

[@DivineForcesBro]

@@enriquelopezjr1586 What that gotta do with what my comment is related too?

[@nicholasgonzales9254]

His last of them. Enjoy retirement

[@noApologies72]

Instant classic of a game. Not an Astros fan but you have to tip your hat to José Altuve. Wow he just turns it up during the playoffs and carries the team on his shoulders

[@rillo806]

Ill never tip my hat to someone who cheated their way to a world series. He isnt in any way good for baseball.

[@noApologies72]

@rillo8062 I'm guessing you missed game 5 against the Rangers. Regardless like I said I hate the Astros but Altuve is on the next level

[@rillo806]

@@noApologies72 i watched every game. Didnt see any cheating.

[@noApologies72]

@@rillo806 Me neither

[@Supperdude9]

And then he immediately went and destroyed the Astros after this.

[@Holycheepchit]

When you play a sport that involves one person hurling a ball as hard as they can towards another person sometimes they get hit

[@ramonalvarez8559]

7:58 Dak Prescott there? I can see why the Rangers suffered the same fate as the Cowboys: CHOKING in the end. What can go wrong, will go wrong. -Stephen A Smith.

[@charlescbankz4690]

"Accident waiting to happen"😅😅

[@jaredr991]

Whatever he threw @ 7:57 got intercepted for sure! That’s coming from an Astros and Cowboys lifer! Dak is awful. He’s a media darling and nothing more.

[@hdvisualartsprojects6759]

Nice

[@alan7pimentel]

Right! What can go wrong, will go wrong. Just like the Astros choked on game 6&7

[@pancakejonzze]

Dusty is so great, Superstar Legend

[@ddutsie]

nope

[@lstruggy]

Lifetime supplies of toothpicks! 🫵🏽

[@LaMonteWade31]

Bochy better

[@richm298]

In Dusty we Trusty!

[@vickmcfadden833]

Now make a video where Jose Altuve hit three run game winning homer in the ninth

[@KaleidoscopeMagic]

(sarcasm) nah, these announcers think the ballgame is all over with, what with saying the "best hit of the game" was a Rangers hit - little do they know that Altuve is about to turn things completely around for the Astros!!!! WOOHOO!!!

[@dgaz3057]

So glad pressley was nails instead of the last time Altuve hit a grand slam then blew the save...@@KaleidoscopeMagic

[@Stanky2000]

How about a video of the Astros going home

[@taliamassey6119]

Grand slam in game 6. Two home runs in game 7.

[@TEXANSFANFORLIFE]

I would not want to mess with alverez and abreu

[@brianpeace7585]

Just for once I’d like to see a huge 40 man fight 😂

[@tedbrillantes8932]

The Astros woke up Garcia.

[@cavalierfan2008]

Let me get this straight, Gracia acts like a 5 year old, picks a fight, and Dusty is thrown out of the game? K

[@tigremalabarista3461]

Dusty was thrown out arguing the unfairness and illogic of the abreu toss. He rarely is thrown out now but you know of he is there was a BS involved by umps.

[@rillo806]

Glad ur not a witness on the stand...... jeez

[@arthurmesa3320]

The unwritten rule. Don’t taunt after hitting a Home Run or there will be retaliation

[@omegatek6905]

Yep… it’s the classic, fuck around and find out formula 😂

[@fourdubs4]

Not true. Happens all the time with no retaliation. You obviously don't watch or play a whole lot of baseball

[@omegatek6905]

@@fourdubs4 naw dude, you obviously didn’t learn “the more you f#%k around the more you gonna find out” formula growing up. Garcia miscalculated his lil showboating around the bases and paid the price

[@arthurmesa3320]

@@fourdubs4 Back in old days they did.

[@jaredr991]

@@fourdubs4you know nothing about baseball.

[@brendakunkel2684]

Dusty was so mad he even lost his toothpick!

[@judyalcatraz918]

😅😅😅

[@TuesdayNightFever]

Garcia needed to take a Motrin and change his Kotex

[@EthanHoffman-ku1rq]

What a funny comment! Surely the Astros won the series after this moment right?

[@Al-hf3iz]

Garcia showed his ass on the homer. He needs to act like he’s been there before. Excellent bean ball.

[@robertlain6095]

Beaning people is dangerous shows what type person you are

[@deiradinn]

He just beaned the whole city of Houston out of their own stadium lol.

[@rillo806]

Garcia showed a lot more ass after this lol! Everyone has their opinion about this but facts are facts and heres the facts. Game 6 grand slam, game 7 2 homeruns, astros lose rangers go on to win the world series. Go Rangers. And garcia was a huge part in their success. Story over. No opinions there. Pure facts.

[@JuanGarcia-lw4sf]

Astros you are the best 👌 as always!!! Maldonado your strength is amazing.

[@PantsofVance]

Lost in all of this was that Chapman threw at Yordan's head in the half inning prior, and after Leclerc gave up the Altuve bomb his first pitch to the next hitter Dubon almost hit him in the head.

[@simonnguyen6664]

They tried to hit Dubon but missed. 🤣

[@jaredr991]

Yep. The Rangers are a classless organization that has never won! That’s coming from an Astros lifer that always liked the Rangers too. Adrian Beltre and Elvis are still up there with some of my favorite players but I am no longer a Rangers fan after game 5. Not til the idiot Garcia is gone and there spineless coach too.

[@mbenoit9697]

October baseball. Gotta love it.

[@mikeamilcare5159]

I love how they all run on to the field to hug and kiss

[@rpm20]

Haha, Garcia ran up to Maldonado but pulled back after he stood his ground 😂

[@smileyabk5683]

Yeah bro wanted to be held back 😂

[@acesmith1339]

What a Texas showdown this one I’ll be telling my grandkids about

[@watsonh.5044]

The best HOF pictures were not pitching machines. Occassional one got away from him the harder he throws. Its physics.

[@johnblze667]

True but 97 on the elbow would have most batters heated

[@concernedcitizen2031]

@@johnblze667 lets be real 97 on the elbow in 10 years ago is more painful than 97 on the elbow in 2023. That wasn't pain, he wasn't in pain he was pissed. Literally they were shin guards, elbow guards etc. He didn't flinch when it hit him because of pain he was pissed the fuck off.

[@thepoisonouspotato3631]

I went to the game on July 26 when the benches cleared in Houston, Alvarez got HBP, then Semien got HBP, then his next at bat Semien hit a home ran and said something to Maldonado, then Garcia hit a grand slam on top of the train tracks and stomped on home plate, and Semien was a base runner and again said something to Maldonado, then the en he’s cleared, Semien and Maldonado got ejected

[@lstruggy]

Dana White has entered the chat! 🥊

[@TheSellenhut]

Thanks for the report. .

[@fbiUSAgov]

Maldonado started that by chirping at semien so he chirped back

[@kernlkajun1]

Altuve got “chin music” earlier in the game and he hit the deck possibly saving the rest of his career, whereas Garcia, who had to know what was coming simply braced for impact, letting all his emotions get the better of him…not very smart, especially when you consider that he had done nothing to that point to get tossed. Is he a lightning rod or just easily manipulated?

[@tigremalabarista3461]

Altuve was thrown at game 4. Alvarez was nearly plunked game 5 before this.

[@jaredr991]

McCormick has been thrown at several times too. The Rangers will hit Alvarez tonight after the Astros go up big and nothing will happen to the Rangers. MLB has it out for the Astros and it’s very obvious.

[@derekholmes4792]

He looks like Griffiy Jr on the Simpsons. His head is freakish

[@karenmeier2208]

12:00 Kudos to the Astros for not losing their cool after all this commotion and coming from behind to win in the 9th inning.

[@JuanGarcia-lw4sf]

Being strong in a game means showing it into the playing like a pro

[@Supperdude9]

... And he did.

[@renegomez3061]

Arlington rangers have the umps on the payroll?

[@user-cl6xv9xo3i]

😅 I love how aggressive Houston play they're hitting team and there they were backed up by some great great job Dusty Baker you're a great ! pitching

[@deiradinn]

What a difference a day makes lol.

[@trevor69er59]

Abreu's eyes during the pitch made it clear that he was aiming for Garcia. However, Garcia's antics after his home run could not be easily ignored. I am a D-Backs fan so I have no skin in this game . . . 🤔

[@jogman262]

Go D'Backs!

[@frankgoode6673]

Abreu's whole demeanor after he hit Garcia tells all. No reaction, walks calmly off with no argument. Maldonado also looks at Abreu with a "payback done" look.

[@BOOSTEDSS396]

Let the man celebrate his homerun. If you're mad that he crushed a bomb off you or your teammate then learn how to strike him out next time.

[@ripper2087]

...or celebrate with class and not like an a-hole. Then, you might have a chance to hit another one in your next at bat rather than taking one to the ribs.

[@rillo806]

@@ripper2087this didnt age very well. 😂😂😂 Go Rangers!!!!!!!

[@VRobTex]

Thats my manager!!!

[@stewyoung8523]

Got to bean him after that home run display. Just good baseball etiquette.

[@fbiUSAgov]

It’s a big game, there is a difference between celebrating towards your team and taunting the other, that celebration was aimed towards his team, you don’t try to hurt somebody for that

[@johnbrowne2170]

Baseball needs more of this.

[@SuperiorPanda27]

I disagree with you because this is just going to start more fights.

[@trqnton4640]

@@SuperiorPanda27 fights are fun to watch tho, why do u think the nhl lets people fight?

[@johnbrowne2170]

@@SuperiorPanda27 That's my point.

[@Celluloidwatcher]

CORRECTION: The above scene was from Game 5 with the ALCS tied at 2-2. Not Game 3 as indicated.

[@MLBClutchMomentsAndWalkOffs]

Oh you’re actually right

[@custodiansrock]

Isn't it funny? Jose Bautista does a bat flip back in the day, and Texas gets all sucky about it. Garcia's home run celebration was by far more taunting. What goes around comes around.

[@zombiefish1957]

Pimp a home run like that....he had it coming.

[@user-rc3rn7ep3x]

Why Garcia got hit by the pitcher, but he went to the catcher rather than the pitcher?

[@wilcee238]

He believed that the catcher called for that pitch

[@danilomachado5246]

@@wilcee238absolutely right mate

[@jfilmzstudio3470]

@@you12150 he said "he believe he did" not saying that was 100 percent right on that call. None of us really knows besides the pitcher.

[@jaredr991]

Because he was scared of Abreu! He’s a whiny little bitch is the main reason tho.

[@bromeethere]

As a casual baseball fan, these situations really undermines the sport.

[@charlieramz3126]

Old school baseball. Got what he deserved. The extraness on his HR got him that.

[@colefrench5146]

yea lets risk someones career by throwing 97 near their head just because they hit a huge home run and youre salty? youre actually a disgusting excuse for a human

[@josephspatola3751]

Next season’s altuve beaning will be epic

[@ts9576]

For everyone saying Altulve and Bregman don't pimp hr's and act "professional", people forget the young Astros were the originators of all of this when they first started winning 7-8 years ago. They were the guys that made MLB more exciting and started livening dugouts up with celebrations etc.. They're just used to it now and have won so much that they are just calmer these days. These Rangers have never been here, they are gonna have their fun.

[@ffinga5546]

Gonna get beaned and then get your inability to control your emotions used against your team, too.

[@ts9576]

@@ffinga5546 It was how he touched home plate that pissed Maldanado off. And he should get beaned, but not until next year. lol

[@jaredr991]

I’ve watched damn near every game Altuve and Bregman have played in an Astros uniform Neither of them have EVER done anything close to what Garcia did. If you’re talking about antics and having fun in the dugout, then yes, you are correct. Showing up the other team and having fun amongst your teammates are 2 totally different things.

[@evangelinegutierrez2015]

Can someone give an update on the outcome of this game? 😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣

[@nicholasmunoz1634]

Oops

[@FireHosing]

The hit came on the first pitch and it was desicive. Was it ordered from the bench?

[@thatllputmarzipaninyourpie3117]

A well-deserved beaning. Ran like a jackass around the bases after his homer.

[@enniswhalen2428]

@tlpm - Hey, the WHOLE WORLD tosses the bat, slams the bat down , loafs down to first base, dances around the basepath . . . what do you suggest ?

[@2020wasdifferent]

It’s not 1889 anymore

[@FuselierFarms]

Agreed but 100% wasn't intentional, but you're right, well deserved.

[@duanekaline4529]

I agree. Should have got plunked. Pitcher didn't aim for his head.When you hit a homerun just run the bases . Pitchers dont showboat when someone strikesout.

[@ryanrivera5763]

Name of the game. Back in the day the pitcher woulda been waiting between 3rd and home for Garcia acting like that. Be humble

[@dgaz3057]

Who was the ranger guy running to the plate with a bat? Haha that's crazy.

[@corinthianharris2]

Commentator "It's just dumb." The final score wasn't.

[@Egonzales85]

I love the passion Garcia has for our team. We will get them in game 6 and 7.

[@douglaserb1]

Ok

[@tylermanter1548]

Nope

[@sooners2037]

By being a drama queen and overreacting on a bad pitch that wasn’t deliberately thrown at you he is lucky that his ass wasn’t beaten by Alverez

[@MainOne01]

I like his “passion” as well. His “passion” lost the game for the Rangers. Hopefully he keeps showing that uncontrolled “passion”

[@tigremalabarista3461]

His passion cost them 5, and Astros are notorious to not let this stuff go but use it as a reason to win. See Boone’s game 2 loss explanation last year and the combined no-no in the WS after a drunk Phillies fan Went after Mattress Mack as examples.

[@kjdaman1]

First time ever benches clear in front of home plate, the batter didn't even think of charging the pitcher, the catcher called the pitch.....

[@TheAASAllAroundSports]

Man they don’t call it the lone star state rivalry for nothing.

[@IAMTHEBIGCHUCQUITA]

That's was totally thrown at Garcia, Abreu should have been tossed!

[@barneyyoungjr5988]

I bet you Bryce Harper won't be staring at any Astros next week.

[@rillo806]

This aged like a fine wine

[@barneyyoungjr5988]

@@rillo806 should have typed Diamondbacks... lol

[@9ers]

The hitter acted like the catcher threw the pitch he charged the plate

[@pancakejonzze]

Very weird though how both LCS games went down in critical 8th innings. Corbin Carroll took a fastball to his right kneee in the 8th as well, right after that come from behind homerun from Thomas

[@SFBay69]

Scripted

[@jonathanbarnes3061]

Coincidence.

[@user-sh7hs3jo5n]

延長戦はしたく無い！

[@canadiansyrup527]

seeing dusty just yell in the face of the umps cracked me up for nothing

[@thegreek2640]

Dusty just pumped up his team ..

[@killbill5486]

If the Dodgers had Dusty instead of roberts what a dominant team they would be.

[@jaredr991]

You don’t watch the Astros, huh? I give Baker a lot of credit in this instance but overall he is a terrible manager.

[@robertwells6724]

Baseball bench clearing brawls are ridiculous.

[@Hazteviral1008]

Señores nadie ddve de sentirse al menos por un perreo de un homerun oh un ponche usted perrea el homerun perrehele el ponche también

[@elreynodivino2094]

Dusty was pissed 😡 lmao

[@gabinobarrera1631]

Minute Maid North 🤣🤣💪

[@noelorozcoplata3599]

Fue adrede el pelotazo.

[@williamwells1862]

Yeah, get it going.

[@QwkDraw]

It'll feel better when it stops hurting!

[@MrSpock002]

Hey, didn't see Abreu complain any - might he have been told to throw at him on anything but the first pitch???

[@Garnett11]

Bro needs control 😂

[@juanvazquez2512]

Fue la jugada del partido les llenas las vases 0 out

[@BloodySox_18]

Red Sox fan here I was going for Houston and when I saw this I remember me saying "Come on Maldanoldo get in his face piss him off" and when Altuve hit that homerun I was shocked and said "LETS GO FUCK YEAH FUCK YOU GARCÍA LETS GO!" but I was shocked when Rangers won I wanted the series to be in 7 games and I wanted a repeat of last year's WS

[@sabrositocooking8680]

Go Astros!!!

[@bogie7311]

That was truly a gutless move by the Astro pitcher.....what a punk.

[@LolziePlays]

It wasn't on purpose I would say, the pitch release was late meaning it would be in lefty batter box.

[@romulogarcia3831]

Cuando se vaciaron los dos Dogouts enseguida José Altuve salió corriendo para el baño y le preguntó al que estaba ahí "Que te pasa a tí"? y resulta que éra el mismo que se estaba viendo en el espejo. 😂😂😅

[@maxmeek8923]

And then what happened???

[@davidmillar2594]

I'm not familiar with most of these players - what's the relationship between Garcia and Alvarez from the Astros?

[@lyramaria1067]

Both are from Cuba

[@Bselman]

The fact that bullpens are still allowed to run a county mile to the infield is ridiculous.

[@worldtexmexjj82jr]

Imagine if they lock up the bullpens lol. They'll probably be running like Wild Hogs

[@marknoahsotelo316]

He definitely showed the pitcher up with that slow motion trot as if he was Barry Bonds or Reggie Jackson which he's not. You kind of need to be a legend to get away with that.

[@tigremalabarista3461]

And truthfully most legends don’t do that.

[@kilomonqmode]

Atuve very humble just ran the bases like any other homer not like Garcia 😄✌️

[@donnarivero9106]

two different personalities garcia did nothing wrong my friend he do not need to learn from altuve that is the way garcia celebrated without hurting anybody I'm okay with that, buy the clown of maldonado is the one who needs to learn from altuve not telling the pitcher to hit gar IA that is dirty low to me what malas should do is go out there and hit another homeroom and celebrated the same way as garcia that is better way to do it maldonado the way altuve did it

[@ffinga5546]

@@donnarivero9106 Announcers made a note of Altuve "like he's been there before because he has been there before 25 times" spoke directly to that other irrelevant chump's behavior after his HR.

[@jaredr991]

@@donnarivero9106play stupid games…

[@rillo806]

Altuve is a dishonest little weasle. Nothing honorable about him AT ALL. Even if he wasnt a baseball player and i met him in person out and about i wouldnt trust him as far as i could throw him.

[@user-zc2np4sz1p]

Adolis gracias por despertar a un monstruo como los astros.

[@Egonzales85]

De nada compa ;) ay te va un gran slam pa que se duermen los pinches astros! 😂

[@user-zc2np4sz1p]

Ya sacaste el tuyo. Por qué yo lo que tengo es una botella de whisky esperando por mi equipo para celebrar el juego ganado y la clasificación.

[@ripper2087]

You don't want to get thrown at, don't act like a jackass when you hit a monster homerun. Pretty simple baseball etiquette.

[@TheSellenhut]

You don't want to get thrown out, don't hit the batter. Not etiquette. Rules. LoL

[@hockey8784]

Dusty going to have a stroke 🤣i would give anything to have a hot mike when they where talking to dusty 🤣

[@kevinstogner9477]

You don't see the hitter immediately go after the catcher, who called for the pitch, very often. ...batter had homered last time up.

[@JuanGarcia-lw4sf]

Dusty our Hero

[@a55tech]

why he go at the catcher instead of pitcher?

[@louie115]

not intentional! abreu is not a dirty pitcher.

[@louie115]

@@user-sn5is4hi2m your opinion. and you don't know baseball! the only thing you know is how to play with barbie dolls.

[@redbrrdz7423]

Maldonado called the inside pitch and Abreu knew his assignment. thats my theory.

[@louie115]

@@redbrrdz7423 higha and in. that's how they pitch to him. low and away is how he hit the hr earlier in the game. they were trying to jam him inside. i'm torn in this series because i'm Texan. lol

[@redbrrdz7423]

@@louie115 Very true. I think Abreu has good control. You need that if you are a set-up man/closer. Looking at his arm slot on release, it doesnt look right at all. No way his arm slot was THAT far off. You know what i mean?

[@louie115]

@@redbrrdz7423 hard to say. only a 3 - 2 score did not warrant a hit though. not sure why maldonado would call a hit on him. all the commentators are saying the same thing. no reason to hit him. but its useless now. astros won. only thing now is game suspension for abreu. hopefully his appeal will be accepted. but we'll see.

[@BrianJohnson-du6pj]

Not sayin its right, but when you grandstand, you're going to get hit!!

[@chad77657]

The ball hit his arm guard. Take your base.

[@briancarrier9299]

Rules need to be changed to be more like hockey. If 2 grown men wanna throw hands, let em till it goes to the ground. No more bench clearing.

[@JamesHardenoverKobe]

Remember when everyone was throwing dirty pitches at the Astros during 2020. Including Arlington. Go back to Oklahoma.

[@lglegit8008]

Remember when the Texas fans were pissed at Bautista for his bat flip. Garcia's was way more flagrant.

[@gregsanchez3068]

What does Oklahoma have to do with this? 😂

[@alexander1902]

@@gregsanchez3068that the Rangers don’t belong in Texas.

[@gregsanchez3068]

@@alexander1902 Mr Alexander……..why?

[@gregsanchez3068]

@@alexander1902 and you said “go back to Oklahoma” when was Arlington ever a part of Oklahoma? Explain

[@tonymedina922]

Imagine not making it to the World Series and then this is the highlight of you being a Karen 😂

[@MilesEddyYT69]

we destroyed your ass last night lil bro

[@TheSellenhut]

Imagine, yeah. Imagine it.

[@JRTX93]

Mama we made it!

[@nicholasgonzales9254]

How them Houston Karen’s tasting ?