NEW YORK.- Two fans were ejected from Yankee Stadium on Tuesday during the fourth game of the World Seriesafter one ripped a foul ball from the glove of Mookie Betts, right fielder of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Betts jumped along the wall in foul territory and initially caught Gleyber Torres’ fly ball in the opening inning, but the spectator in the front row, wearing a gray Yankees away jersey, held on to Betts’ glove with both hands. hands and took out the ball.
Torres was immediately called out due to fan interference.
It was the second time Torres’ at-bat was affected by fan interference in this World Series.
With two outs in the ninth inning of the first game at Dodger Stadium, Torres hit a fly ball to left field. A fan leaned over the fence and caught the ball. The Venezuelan was awarded a double.
The Dodgers, who are one win away from their second title in five years, had a 2-0 lead at the time of Tuesday’s interference, thanks to Freddie Freeman’s two-run homer in the top of the first inning against Luis Gil.
A historic Freeman
Freddie Freeman broke a pair of World Series records on Tuesday, when he hit another home run for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 against the New York Yankees.
The slugger hit a line drive through right field to drive in two runs in the first inning for the second consecutive night, becoming the second player in history to miss out in the first four games of a World Series.
The streak began with the grand slam with which he sealed the end of the first game of the series, in the tenth inning.
Freeman also became the only player to home run in six consecutive World Series games, a streak that dates back to 2021 in the championship he won with Atlanta against Houston.
