White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson, Royals pitcher Brad Keller, Sox supervisor Rick Renteria and Royals coach Dale Sveum have been ejected following a bench clearing incident in the course of the sixth inning Wednesday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Keller hit Anderson on the buttocks along with his first of the inning, an obvious response to Anderson’s bat flip celebration of his residence run within the fourth inning. Anderson, who gave the Sox a 2-Zero lead with the blast, made an overhand toss of the bat within the route of the Sox dugout.
Keller and different Royals gamers gave stares to Anderson as he rounded the bases, and when Anderson got here as much as bat two innings later, he bought hit with the pitch.
Both benches and dugouts emptied and gamers and Renteria needed to be separated from one another however there have been no punches thrown. After order was restored, crew chief Joe West made the ejections.
Anderson angered the Royals’ Sal Perez final April in Kansas City when he reacted with enthusiasm to a house run.
“I led off the game with a home run and got excited,” Anderson mentioned then. “They didn’t like it, but it’s not about them, it’s about my teammates. I play the game with a lot of energy and confidence. I’m not going to change.”
The Royals took a 3-2 lead within the seventh in opposition to righty Jose Ruiz on Hunter Dozier’s two-out RBI single to left.