Recreation 4 of the World Sequence is off to a quite weird begin.
Not the highest of the primary inning between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees. That started in principally the identical method as Recreation 3 did on Monday evening, with a two-run residence run from Dodgers slugger Freddie Freeman within the prime of the primary to stake the Dodgers to an early 2-0 lead:
The underside of the primary, nonetheless, is the place issues went off the rails.
Yankees leadoff hitter Gleyber Torres lofted a fly ball down the right-field line, that Los Angeles proper fielder Mookie Betts was monitoring towards the stands. Betts leaped into the entrance row of the bleachers to make a play on the fly ball, solely to have a pair of Yankees followers rip the ball out of the outfielder’s glove:
“Effectively, A for effort.”
Fan interference was referred to as on this play the place a Yankee fan tried to take the ball out of Mookie Betts’ glove after an out. pic.twitter.com/iZ6taImncd
— FOX Sports activities: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 30, 2024
Torres was dominated out for fan interference. Whereas these followers might need earned an “A for effort,” as famous on the FOX Sports activities broadcast, odds are they are going to be watching the remainder of Recreation 4, in addition to any potential Recreation 5, from outdoors Yankee Stadium.