After a visit throughout the pond for a two-game stint towards the New York Mets in London — the place the Phillie Phanatic placed on a present and the Mets gained the second sport in dramatic style — the Philadelphia Phillies are again in the USA. Philadelphia is in Boston, and set for the rubber match of a three-game sequence towards the Pink Sox. Whereas the Phillies gained the primary sport, they dropped the second on Wednesday night time.
And it was not and not using a little controversy.
Nick Castellanos was digging in to guide off within the high of the seventh inning, with the Phillies trailing Boston 8-4. However earlier than a pitch was thrown, the Philadelphia outfielder was down within the rely 0-1.
As a result of an obvious pitch clock violation known as by house plate umpire Derek Thomas.
Maybe unsurprisingly, Castellanos was not too thrilled with the decision, and he let Thomas realize it:
n case you can not hear what the microphone picked up, Castellanos had a … let’s say request for Thomas: “Out of respect for any individual who’s been within the league over ten years, you gotta [bleeping] communicate up brother.”
Beneath the pitch clock guidelines, batters have to be within the batter’s field and “alert to the pitcher” by the eight-second mark on the timer, or be hit with an automated strike.
Thomas, nonetheless, let Castellanos have his say, and continued on with out firing again, or tossing the outfielder. Castellanos, who tripled earlier within the sport, grounded out on the subsequent pitch.
