“That’s what constitutes the trip is when he was on the mound.’”Īfter Baldelli briefly checked in with Sanchez, home plate umpire Rob Drake subsequently turned to the press box to signal that the Twins had made a mound visit. “Rocco walked by and said, ‘I’m going to go to the mound and talk to him,’ ” Tichenor said. … You think you’ve seen it all until you’ve seen it all.”Ĭrew chief Todd Tichenor said Baldelli walked by as the group of four umpires had gotten together and signaled his intent to go talk to Sanchez, an account of the situation that was different than the one given by Baldelli. Peace.’ Then obviously (they) made the decision of it being a mound visit, which I don’t see how you can call it a mound visit when you still have 35 other people on the field. “It wasn’t even like he really stopped,” Sanchez said. “Emotions ran high, but no big deal.”Īt some point, during the commotion, Baldelli exchanged a couple words with Sanchez, checking in to see how the pitcher was and if he was ready to resume throwing. “It was 100 percent a misunderstanding where he thought Jose said something or Jose thought he said something back,” Correa said. Correa, a good friend of Altuve’s, seemingly played peacemaker, speaking with both Sanchez on the mound and Altuve at first base. Sanchez hit Astros second baseman Jose Altuve on the leg to lead off the frame, and as Altuve made his way toward first base, the two exchanged words. The benches cleared, though there was no real contact between the teams. Sanchez, against his former team, was in relatively good shape through four innings - but his start was inadvertently cut short in the fifth inning with the Twins trailing 2-0. While the Astros (79-45) sent their ace to the mound for the series opener, the Twins (62-59) countered with Aaron Sanchez, called up Tuesday from Triple-A.
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