Machado, Donaldson comment on incident that lead to benches clearing
Orioles third baseman Manny Machado took exception to a hard tag by Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson that led to the benches clearing, and after the game, explained why he was so fired up about the play.
Machado on Donaldson: "He made the right play, but just didn't agree on the tag that he made on me. I just had to get up and confront him."
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) June 7, 2014
Asked to clarify, Machado said: "I mean I just didn't agree with it. I think he could've done a little bit better job with it."
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) June 7, 2014
And Donaldson's post-game reaction.
Donaldson: "I don't know what happened on his end but just trying to do my job and play the game of baseball. I'll let him answer the rest.
— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) June 7, 2014
Donaldson was trying to go to pick up Machado's helmet for him when Machado started yelling at him, didn't like the tag.
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) June 7, 2014
The Athletics got the last laugh, defeating the O's 4-3 in 11 innings.