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Joe Maddon has odd critique for Shaun Anderson for pitch at Mike Trout

The Giants defeated the Los Angeles Angels, 8-2 on Tuesday, but not before a situation occurred involving Shaun Anderson and Mike Trout.

With Trout up at the plate in the bottom of the ninth, Anderson whirled a 95 mph fastball behind the All-Star centerfielder.

"We don't throw at people. It's not who we are." - Gabe Kapler on this pitch from Shaun Anderson to Mike Trout pic.twitter.com/0evekh0dlX

— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) August 18, 2020

Trout reacted with some emotion, but while Angels manager Joe Maddon doesn't believe it was intentional, he made an odd critique.