Tuesday night, Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly made a lot of fans and a lot of enemies when he threw at Alex Bregman.
3-0 pitch from Joe Kelly ends up going behind Alex Bregman. pic.twitter.com/q6P8CD5oqj
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) July 29, 2020
He was clearly headhunting in retaliation for the Astros’ cheating scandal—the first pitcher to do so in the regular season. However, he wasn’t ejected from the game and finished the inning. He later threw at Carlos Correa’s head before striking him out and taunting him on the way to the dugout.