Watch the beanballs, near-misses and benches clear in Royals’ loss to Jays
What a game Sunday for the Royals and what a crackling weekend series in Toronto. Andy McCullough did a fantastic job of capturing all of the emotion of Sunday’s game, which the Blue Jays won 5-2.
You can watch the beanballs and near-misses here:
Someone caught Edinson Volquez on the bench after Alcides Escobar was hit:
Here's Volquez mocking Donaldson before Bautista crushes a double. pic.twitter.com/zaeg5j1p8z
— DB (@dlbno) August 2, 2015This was Toronto manager John Gibbons’ postgame news conference:
Here is what Royals manager Ned Yost had to say afterward:
#Royals manager Ned Yost, pleading innocent and loving Jim Wolf … #BlueJays pic.twitter.com/jzaB8VLgtd
— John Lott (@LottOnBaseball) August 2, 2015That didn’t sit well with Toronto’s Jose Bautista, who tweeted this after the game:
Just heard #NedYost comments about the game. Lost a lot of respect for that man today.
— Jose Bautista (@JoeyBats19) August 2, 2015Oh, and how about Ben Zobrist? He hit his third home run, a two-run shot in the eighth inning:
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This story was originally published August 2, 2015 at 6:19 PM.