If 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.
“I mean, we scored, what, six runs after that? Five? Four? I don’t know,” Padres third baseman Manny Machado said with a grin. “It was six? Yeah, maybe it fired us up.”
The Padres held a three-run lead in Game 2 of the National League Division Series when play was halted and umpires worked with stadium security officials to lower the temperature among several unruly fans in the left-field and right-field corners.