Machado, 23, was hit Tuesday night in the series opener by a 99 mph fastball from Ventura, 25, in the bottom of the fifth inning, rushed toward him and threw a punch at Ventura’s head before wrestling him to the ground as both benches emptied.
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“It felt good”, Flaherty said.
It was a wild dust-up between the teams Tuesday.
Rodon (2-6) shook off a slow start and pitched six effective innings after he was pushed back a couple of days due to a sore neck.
According to Christopher Smith of Mass Live, the Red Sox should consider acquiring Ventura from the Royals.
Since the Orioles made Flaherty their Rule 5 pick before the 2012 season, the former first-round pick out of Vanderbilt has fit nicely into the utility role.
Major League Baseball has suspended Baltimore Orioles’ Manny Machado for four games and has imposed a fine.
The Orioles resume play after the break with a trip to Tampa Bay and New York July 15-21, meaning any Oriole All-Stars will have to make two round trips to the West Coast in a two-week stretch. Machado was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI Thursday. “You just got to keep working”. Ventura generally prefers to do interviews in his native Spanish.
Both players are no strangers to MLB discipline. He excelled in his rookie season in 2014 with a 3.20 ERA in 183.0 innings along with a 7.8 K/9. But Flaherty said becoming comfortable at third has been a process. It can cause injury. “I don’t get it. I don’t get it”. You get weird hops. He eventually flew out in this at-bat and stared at Ventura some more. Manny has played shortstop.
After losing the first two games of a 10-game homestand, the Orioles rebounded to win seven of eight.
But Flaherty’s defensive impact at third has been important.
Actor Josh Duhamel will play Bill “Spaceman” Lee in a movie about the eccentric former Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos pitcher, to be released Aug. 19.
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“Ryan is a rope-puller”, Showalter said.
