Yankees and Royals ratchet up intensity as benches clear after Anthony Volpe's hard tag

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Yankees and Royals ratchet up intensity as benches clear after Anthony Volpe's hard tag
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A hard tag led to some hard feelings in the Yankees-Royals game.

Benches and bullpens cleared Thursday in the bottom of the sixth inning in Game 4 of the ALDS, but no punches were thrown before order was restored after the hard tag at second base applied by Anthony Volpe on Maikel Garcia.Volpe gave Garcia what looked like an accidental forearm shiver to the neck as he applied the tag, and then circled back to tag Garcia on the chest.

It looked like Garcia understood it as a baseball play, Volpe patted him on the back twice and then it seemed like third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. —Anthony Volpe #11 of the New York Yankees tags out Maikel Garcia #11 of the Kansas City Royals during the sixth inning during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium on October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri.

The attention had been on Chisholm for the last two games — constant boos ever since he claimed that the Royals “got lucky” in their Game 2 win.Emotions were still running hot in the top of the seventh when Royals pitcher Angel Zerpa struck out Gleyber Torres to end the frame. Zerpa stared down Torres and perhaps the Yankees’ bench as he walked off the mound and barked a few indiscernible words.The Mets’ run to the NLCS is filled with the unforgettableAnthony Volpe #11 of the New York Yankees tags out Maikel Garcia #11 of the Kansas City Royals during the sixth inning during Game Four of the Division Series at Kauffman Stadium on October 10, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri.

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