The most intense part of Tuesday’s Yankees-Rays clash came after the final pitch.
With two outs and the bases empty in the ninth inning, up 5–3, New York closer Aroldis Chapman fired a 101-mph fastball at the head of Tampa Bay pinch hitter Mike Brosseau. Brosseau dodged the pitch by inches; catcher Kyle Higashioka ducked, too, as it flew to the backstop.
The umpires warned both teams. (With two outs and nobody on in the first, Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka had hit Rays third baseman Joey Wendle, who laughed derisively as he trotted to first. At 95.