Jose Berrios and Cal Raleigh get heated over suspected pitch tipping incident

Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios suspected Seattle’s Cal Raleigh was relaying pitch info to his Mariners teammates and wished the hard-hitting catcher to know what he considered it.

Berríos exchanged offended phrases with Raleigh as he walked again to the dugout on the finish of the fourth inning of Saturday’s 8-4, 12-inning loss to the Mariners.

“I don’t react that manner fairly often,” Berríos mentioned. “I’m a quiet and chill man. However when some individuals are attempting to combat with us within the area, I don’t respect that. I don’t like that.”

Each benches cleared as Berríos and Raleigh jawed again between third base and residential plate, however the state of affairs didn’t escalate. As relievers from each groups had been operating in from the bullpens, Toronto slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was waving his teammates again.

Raleigh denied relaying pitch info however mentioned he understood Berríos’ response.

“I’d need my pitchers doing the identical factor,” Raleigh mentioned. “If any person thought they had been tipping, I’d need them to say one thing. Simply how it’s. Aggressive baseball sport. Individuals are proper within the coronary heart of it.”

Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider mentioned stealing indicators and relaying pitch info is “honest sport.”

“Groups try this. We get it,” Schneider mentioned. “Within the warmth of the second, you get somewhat bit fired up. I didn’t assume the benches wanted to clear. There was nothing loopy occurring. However I like when our guys are sticking up for themselves.”

Raleigh got here up once more within the fifth and hit a two-run double to proper area that put Seattle forward 2-1. Raleigh completed 2-for-3 with three walks, considered one of them intentional.

In 20 video games in opposition to the Blue Jays, Raleigh is batting .292 (21-for-72) with 9 house runs and 18 RBIs.

Reporting by The Related Press.

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