Astros: Valdez apologizes; Salazar ball was not intentional
The starter of the stars, Framber Valdez, insisted that the ball that gave his receiver César Salazar was not intentional.
Houston – The Houston Astros starter, Framber Valdez, said he apologized to the César Salazar receiver after hitting him in the chest with a launch on Tuesday night, but the left -handed insisted that It was not intentional.
Valdez seemed to tell him that Salazar in account of 1-0, with the full bases and Trent Grisham, of the New York Yankees, on the dish in the fifth entrance. Salazar then urged Valdez to get off the mound, but he proceeded with the launch, which Grisham connected to the deep left garden to give New York a 6-0 advantage in an eventual 7-1 victory.
In the second launch to the next batter, Valdez hit Salazar in his chest with a 93 mph launch, which generated doubts about whether he was upset about what happened in the shift to Grisham’s bat and if he was intentional.
Valdez said no.
“What happened to us was that we crossed,” Valdez said in Spanish through an interpreter. “I asked for that launch, I threw it and crossed. We went down to Dugout, I apologized to him and I assume all the responsibility.”
Then they asked Valdez directly if he had done it on purpose.
“No,” he replied. “It was not intentional.”
Valdez and Salazar were talking when journalists entered the locker room after the game, and Valdez said they had fixed things.
“We were able to talk about it,” he said. “We talked after the game … in his locker and everything is fine among us. They are things that happen in baseball. But yes, we speak it and we are fine.”
Salazar was also asked about what happened with the launch that hit him.
“There was a lot of noise in the stadium,” he said. “I thought I had pressed the button, but I press the wrong button. I expected another release, but it wasn’t.”
Salazar said Valdez did not hit him on purpose. “No, Framber and I have a very good relationship,” he said.
Information from The Associated Press used in this report.
