Benches clear in Yankees-Royals ALDS game after hard tag; New York stars wave off Kansas City player

Tensions were moving precocious successful Kauffman Stadium connected Thursday aft a hard tag led to a little benches-clearing incidental betwixt the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees.

Michael Massey roped a hard grounder to first, and Jon Berti touched the container earlier firing implicit to second. Maikel Garcia slid hard into the bag, and Anthony Volpe's tag matched the toughness.

Volpe tagged Garcia adjacent the thorax and adjacent made interaction with his different arm. In what seemed similar an apology for a hard tag, Volpe patted Garcia respective times, but Garcia was not a fan.

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New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe (11) tags retired Kansas City Royals 3rd baseman Maikel Garcia (11) astatine 2nd basal during the sixth inning during crippled 4 of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs astatine Kauffman Stadium.  (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)

Garcia eyeballed Yankees 3rd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., who gave Kansas City bulletin committee worldly by saying they "got lucky" successful Game 2. Chisholm past approached Garcia, arsenic did Volpe and adjacent starting pitcher Gerrit Cole.

The benches and bullpens cleared during that little altercation, arsenic Volpe and Chisholm some waved Garcia off, and Cole gave him a decease stare.

Chisholm adjacent had to beryllium held backmost by respective radical from his ain dugout.

It wasn't rather Greg Nettles vs. George Brett, but it was a bully homage to the aged rivalry from the 1970s.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. #13 of the New York Yankees is held backmost by teammates during the sixth inning against the Kansas City Royals during Game Four of the Division Series astatine Kauffman Stadium connected October 10, 2024 successful Kansas City, Missouri.  (Ed Zurga/Getty Images)

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Perhaps the Royals were looking for immoderate benignant of spark, arsenic the incidental occurred portion 10 outs distant from elimination - it did look to occurrence them up a bit, arsenic Bobby Witt singled and past scored connected a Vinnie Pasquantino treble afterward.

But, for the astir part, Cole has been mowing Kansas City down, allowing conscionable that tally successful his archetypal six innings of enactment astatine the clip of publishing.

The Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees reason pursuing a tag connected Kansas City Royals 3rd baseman Maikel Garcia (11, not pictured) by New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe (11, not pictured) astatine 2nd basal during the sixth inning during crippled 4 of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs astatine Kauffman Stadium.  (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)

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Giancarlo Stanton continued to physique connected his October resume, adding an RBI azygous successful the sixth inning. Juan Soto and Gleyber Torres besides person RBI singles.

A triumph would enactment the Yankees successful their 4th ALCS since 2017, each of which ended successful eliminations via the Houston Astros.

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