Did Dodgers fans motivate Padres to win Game 2? ‘Yeah, maybe it fired us up’
LA TimesIf the intent of the Dodgers fans who threw two baseballs at San Diego Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar and a water bottle, beer can and other debris at right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. during a lengthy seventh-inning delay was to intimidate the visiting team on Sunday night, it backfired spectacularly. “What I got out of this,” Padres manager Mike Shildt said, “is we have a bunch of dudes who showed up in front of a big, hostile crowd with stuff being thrown at them and said, ‘We’re going to talk with our play; we’re not going to back down; we’re going to elevate our game; we’re going to be together, and we’re gonna take care of business.” To be fair, the Padres did as much talking with their mouths as they did with their bats. “I was fired up after getting Manny out — it’s a big spot in the playoffs, that’s what happens, oh well,” Flaherty said, adding about the ball getting thrown in the Dodgers dugout: “Everybody catches the tail end of me and him going at it, but I was sitting there for my team. “Look, I missed in the first inning and threw the ball over the middle — I wasn’t going to miss over the plate again,” Flaherty said. “You hit Tatis with a sinker after he’s two for two with a bomb and a double off of him?” Machado said.
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