What Joe Kelly apparently said that sparked the Dodgers and Astros benches to clear
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It wasn’t just the fact that two pitches from Los Angles Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly nearly hit a pair of Houston Astros hitters on Tuesday night that led to benches clearing.
Apparently, some words were uttered that escalated the whole thing.
Kelly threw a pitch that looked like it was deliberately aimed at Alex Bregman, and then another ball nearly nailed Carlos Correa. The reliever and Correa exchanged words and benches cleared, although there were no fisticuffs.
So what was said that escalated the whole situation that could have been some retribution for the Astros cheating scandal?
Per Astros manager Dusty Baker, “What really enraged everybody was what he told Carlos when he struck him out: ‘Nice swing (expletive)!’”
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Said Kelly: “I don’t remember the words. Was a kind of in-the-moment-type thing. I guess my expression was what I interpreted in my head and what he was saying.’’
Correa looked at him and yelled as Kelly walked off the field. Kelly looked at him, gave him a pouty face as if he was mimicking Correa, and when Kelly told him to shut the (expletive) up, the benches and bullpens cleared.
But did he throw at the Astros deliberately? He told the media, “My accuracy isn’t the best,” referring to the time in April when he smashed a window with an errant pitch in his backyard.
This might not be the end of all this. The two teams square off again on Wednesday night.
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