Why Pete Alonso had heated exchange with Cubs’ Adrian Sampson
Why was Pete Alonso so mad?
The Mets slugger exchanged phrases with Cubs pitcher Adrian Sampson within the the primary inning Tuesday night time after he narrowly missed a house run earlier than he was finally walked. Alonso slammed his bat in frustration after the bottom on balls.
Alonso mentioned he was simply steamed over lacking out what would have been a two-run homer. Nevertheless, Sampson — who threw six scoreless innings in Chicago’s 3-1 victory at Citi Discipline — mentioned it went a bit deeper than that.
“I used to be simply, like, ‘Don’t try this,’” Sampson told the Cubs TV broadcast about Alonso’s bat toss. “It doesn’t look good. It’s not a part of our recreation. [The encounter] was a non-issue. I’ve numerous respect for the man.
“He’s a extremely nice ballplayer. He does numerous stuff on and off the sphere that I respect so much. And we share the identical agent. There’s no exhausting emotions. I simply didn’t prefer to see that.”
After tossing the bat, Alonso turned his consideration to the Cubs righty earlier than the umpires intervened to maintain the scenario from escalating.
“I wasn’t upset that he didn’t throw the ball over the plate, I used to be annoyed the ball [in the corner] went foul,” mentioned Alonso, who homered within the ninth inning to account for the Mets’ lone run. “It’s about placing runs on the board, and I used to be simply annoyed at that.”
It’s been a irritating two video games for the Mets in opposition to the bottom-feeding Cubs, dropping each whereas placing up a complete of three runs. The loss, coupled with the Braves’ win over the Giants, trimmed the Mets’ lead within the NL East again right down to a half recreation.
