Oakland Athletics’ outfielder Ramon Laureano has been suspended for six games and Houston Astros coach Alex Cintron has been suspended for 20 games for her roles in the incident of the bank transfer between the teams, according to ESPN and multiple reports.
After hitting a pitch for the third time in the series and panting for the second time in the match, Laureano called out to Astros pitcher Humberto Castellanos how to cut a slice properly, and asked for a reaction from the bank of Astros. Laureano said Cintron issued a thesis against him, which Laureano returned. Then, Laureano told ESPN, Cintron said “in Spanish what you do not say about my mother.”
After the exchange of words, Cintron, as shown on repetitions, stepped out of the dugout of the first base and advised Laureano to join him. Laureano ran to Cintron, who was left behind by Astros players when Laureano was tackled and the benches for both teams emptied.
By an Astros employee, Cintron refused to talk about Laureano’s mother. He declined to elaborate on what he said.
Laureano, 26, said he wishes he had chosen not to run to the astros’ dugout and waste his time on Cintron. “I’m sorry he charged him because he’s a loser,” Laureano told ESPN on Monday. “[A suspension] is understandable, but I hope it is not so much games.
“At the end of the day, I’m here to win a World Series with the Oakland Athletics – this wonderful group of boys. I do not want to be distracted. Of course I’m right now. Hey, I’m against Julio today. Tehran, and that’s all I think at the moment. “
Jeff Passan of ESPN contributed to this report.
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