Detroit – Riley Greene, before he knocked a walk-off home run into the center field shrubs Saturday giving the Tigers a thrilling 4-3 win, found himself caught in a crossfire between shortstop Javier Báez and Royals reliever Amir Garrett.
This was in the sixth inning and Greene had just been called out on strikes by home plate umpire CB Bucknor on a pitch that replays showed was below the bottom of the strike zone. What Greene might not have known at the time was that Báez, who was on deck, and Garrett have been beefing with each other since 2017.