Phillies star Nick Castellanos went at it with fan…
One Phillies fan irked Nick Castellanos to the purpose where he determined to shout and gesture toward the fan in the moments after a loss Friday.
After second baseman Bryson Stott fouled out to finish Philadelphia’s 9-6 setback against the Reds at Citizens Bank Park, Castellanos remained close to the highest of the dugout and began yelling toward the stands — while pointing his finger and showing to gesture for somebody to depart — as captured by the NBC broadcast.
It’s unclear from the video what Castellanos stated or what prompted the exchange, but Jace Kaleikau — a senior video producer with the Phillies, according to LinkedIn — wrote in two posts on X that he was “right there” and witnessed a drunk fan yelling at Stott as Castellanos defended his teammate.
Nick Castellanos factors at a fan. _piccone/X
“I was right there and a drunk fan came all the way down by the dugout and was screaming at Stott for getting the last out,” Kaleikau wrote in one post.
“I would have been shocked if someone didn’t stand up for him. The fan crossed multiple lines, all while being like 5 feet away.”
Kaleikau added in the second post that “if there ever was a time when a fan went too far that warranted a response from a player, this was it.”
The Phillies, who holdd a ½-game lead in the NL East getting into Saturday, misplaced for the eighth time in 12 video games Friday, going just 3-for-13 with runners in scoring place and stranding 11 runners on base to open a three-game set against the Reds.
Castellanos in the dugout after Friday’s loss. _piccone/X
Castellanos motioning to the fan. _piccone/X
Castellanos launched his eleventh homer of the season to give the Phillies a momentary 3-0 lead in the first inning, but that benefit disappeared when Cincinnati scored 5 instances in the third and knocked Philadelphia starter Jesús Luzardo out of the sport.
The outfielder is hitting .278 with a .771 OPS during his third season with the Phillies, though Castellanos’ spectacular streak of enjoying in 236 consecutive video games got here to an finish final month when he made an undisclosed “inappropriate comment” to supervisor Rob Thomson — following Thomson’s choice to take away him for a defensive substitute — and was benched for a sport.
Nick Castellanos homers during the Phillies’ sport against the Reds on July 4. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect
“One of the many things about Nick that I love is that he’s very emotional,” Thomson instructed reporters before Philadelphia’s June 17 sport. “He loves to play and he loves to play every inning of every game. I just thought last night, he made an inappropriate comment after he came out.”
The Phillies ship Ranger Suárez to the hill to oppose the Reds’ Nick Lodolo on Saturday.
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