KANSAS CITY, Missouri -- The mutual dislike between New York Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Kansas City Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia continued Tuesday night, with Chisholm leaving the first game of the series between the teams with a sore neck after an attempted tag from Garcia.
On an attempted steal of third base during New York's 10-2 victory, Garcia tried to apply a tag to Chisholm and knocked his helmet askew in the process. The throw from catcher Freddy Fermin caromed off Garcia's glove. Chisholm popped up to one knee and was shown on the television broadcast saying to Yankees third base coach Luis Rojas: "I'm gonna tell you one more time -- if he tags me like that one more time, I'm gonna smack the f--- out of him.