AMIR GARRETT

MLB: Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals Jul 13, 2022; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Amir Garrett (24) reacts during the seventh inning against the Detroit Tigers at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports - 18725730Kansas City Royals reliever Amir Garrett didn't like what one Chicago White Sox fan said to him Tuesday night, and Garrett let the fan know it. The pitcher was caught on camera tossing his drink at the heckler, who was shouting at Garrett from above the Royals' dugout in Chicago's 9-2 win over Kansas City. About an hour after the video went viral, Garrett tweeted about how poorly fans treat players sometimes and how he'd love to heckle fans at their place of work. "Listen the disrespect is insane in these parks," Garrett tweeted.

Lane Thomas had a three-homer game for the first time in his career, and Nelson Cruz and Juan Soto also went deep, leading the Washington Nationals to an 8-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds.

Victor Caratini hit a two-run, game-ending homer two batters after Eric Hosmer hit a tying, two-run homer for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Cincinnati Reds in a 6-4 thriller before the first sellout crowd at Petco Park since 2019.

NEW YORK — (AP) — Cincinnati Reds reliever Amir Garrett was suspended for seven games by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for his role in a benches-clearing incident last weekend. Garrett appeared to yell something in Rizzo’s direction, and Chicago's Javier Báez yelled at Garrett from the dugout. “I really don’t know what happened with their team,” Reds manager David Bell said after the game, which the Cubs won 3-2. “This is an emotional game and Amir has been struggling. I know Amir was talking to himself.

Cincinnati reliever Amir Garrett has been suspended for seven games by Major League Baseball.

Braves Yankees Baseball New York Yankees starting pitcher Corey Kluber throws to an Atlanta Braves batter during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) (Kathy Willens)A look at what's happening around the majors today:___CENTURY MARKCorey Kluber goes for his 100th career victory when he starts for the Yankees at home against Detroit. The 35-year-old Kluber (1-2, 4.15) is 99-60 in a big league career that started in 2011. PHILLY SPECIALA couple of NL East rivals play the rubber match of their three-game series in prime time when slumping Francisco Lindor and the New York Mets visit Philadelphia. Reds reliever Amir Garrett struck out Anthony Rizzo with one out in the eighth and celebrated by punching himself in the chest several times, and he appeared to yell something in Rizzo’s direction.

Braves Yankees Baseball New York Yankees starting pitcher Corey Kluber throws to an Atlanta Braves batter during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) (Kathy Willens)A look at what's happening around the majors on Sunday:___CENTURY MARKCorey Kluber goes for his 100th career victory when he starts for the Yankees at home against Detroit. The 35-year-old Kluber (1-2, 4.15) is 99-60 in a big league career that started in 2011. Reds reliever Amir Garrett struck out Anthony Rizzo with one out in the eighth and celebrated by punching himself in the chest several times, and he appeared to yell something in Rizzo’s direction. “This is an emotional game and Amir has been struggling.

Corey Kluber goes for his 100th career victory when he starts for the Yankees at home against Detroit.

Tyler Naquin hit another leadoff home run and the high-scoring Cincinnati Reds kept rolling, backing Luis Castillo to rout the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-4 for their fifth straight win.

Atlanta Braves Freddie Freeman (5) celebrates driving in the game-winning run against the Cincinnati Reds in the 13th inning during Game 1 of a National League wild-card baseball series, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Atlanta. The Atlanta Braves won 1-0. The East champion Braves won a postseason opener for the first time since Game 1 of the 2001 NL Division Series. In Game 5 of the 2019 NL Division Series, Atlanta gave up a record 10 runs to the St. Louis Cardinals in their first at-bat. Braves: There were injury concerns after Atlanta's last series of the regular season, but everyone was good to go in the playoffs.

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2020, file photo, Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Amir Garrett leads other pitchers in sprints during spring training baseball workouts in Goodyear, Ariz. As one of only two Black players on the Cincinnati Reds, reliever Amir Garrett was afraid to use his platform to speak about racial injustice. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)CINCINNATI With so few Black players in the major leagues, Cincinnati Reds reliever Amir Garrett was afraid to talk openly about racial discrimination. He saw what happened when Colin Kaepernick tried to focus attention on racial injustice the quarterback hasn't played again in the NFL. The Reds organized a Zoom session with diversity Saturday with Tru Pettigrew, an inclusion and diversity advocate . It really took a lot for me to get vulnerable with my teammates like that, Garrett said.