At the same baseball game that saw Boston Red Sox fans make amends with a player who was targeted by racial slurs at Fenway Park, one fan used a slur to comment on a singer - and that fan has now been banned from the stadium.
Jones said fans on Monday night threw a bag of peanuts at him and berated him using the N-word.
The umpire's rapid reaction likely stemmed from the harsh warning Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred issued the two sides earlier Wednesday, telling them "enough is enough" after weeks' worth of retaliatory behavior, Red Sox manager John Farrell relayed to ESPN. "It's not acceptable to the Red Sox".
Then the umpires backed it up.
The trend of the Orioles and Red Sox playing eventful games continued Wednesday night.
"Just given the situation and the tension between the two clubs and all the stuff that's gone over the past few weeks, we're all on high alert with anything", Holbrook told a pool reporter from The Associated Press, via MassLive.com. I can't recall me ever hearing something that was racism towards me, but I think it was great that the other guys spoke up for him, not even on his own team, I think the guys from the Red Sox spoke up for Adam Jones saying like, 'Hey fans, this is a situation where you guys need to have a standing ovation.
Orioles center fielder Adam Jones was later tossed, too, after being upset by a called strike.
"The Red Sox organization will not tolerate the use of racial slurs at Fenway Park, and we have apologized to those affected", the team said in a statement.
He did not comment after the game.
Gausman was ejected after what appeared to be a curveball hit Xander Bogaerts. Gausman looked puzzled, at first, and then hollered.
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"I don't know how you control that", he said. And you're going to throw me out for hitting a guy on a curveball, no outs in the second inning.
Gausman (1-3) was charged with a run, no hits and a walk in his one-plus innings.
Craig Kimbrel struck out the side in the ninth for his AL-leading 10th save.
Gausman (1-3) took the loss. Heath Hembree entered with runners at second and third and allowed both inherited runners to score.
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Hennick said he "immediately found an usher and told him what transpired".
"I'm glad the Sox are encouraging fans to come forward", said Hennick, a freelance journalist who has written essays on raising a biracial son for Yahoo and Ebony.
Kennedy said Tuesday's incident did not involve Jones. "He didn't pull it or strain it, it just kinda tightened up on him his first at-bat when he was running down the line", Ausmus said.
Duquette, meanwhile, said he hoped Sale would be suspended.
The Orioles were forced to turn to their bullpen in the second inning and eventually lost 4-2.
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