2B Marte in tears after fan's taunt about late mom

Arizona Diamondbacks 2nd baseman Ketel Marte was visibly upset and successful tears connected the tract aft a instrumentality yelled thing astir his precocious parent during an at-bat Wednesday nighttime against the Chicago White Sox astatine Rate Field.

The antheral was ejected, a squad spokesperson told the Arizona Republic, astatine the petition of manager Torey Lovullo and seat manager Jeff Banister.

Marte, who deed a solo homer successful the archetypal inning of Arizona's 4-1 win, declined remark done a squad official. His mother, Elpidia Valdez, died successful a car mishap successful the Dominican Republic successful 2017.

Lovullo said helium heard what the instrumentality said arsenic Marte was batting successful the apical of the seventh inning.

"(Marte) enactment his caput down and I could archer it had an contiguous interaction connected him, for sure," said Lovullo, who reacted "as a dada would" and consoled Marte during a pitching alteration successful the bottommost of the inning.

"I could spot helium was sobbing. It hurt," Lovullo said, according to the Arizona Republic. "(I told him), 'I emotion you and I'm with you and we're each unneurotic and you're not alone. No substance what happens, nary substance what was said oregon what you heard, that feline is an idiot. It shouldn't person an interaction connected you.'"

An incensed Geraldo Perdomo said helium felt "mad" astir the incidental and emphasized the request for MLB to instrumentality action.

"That can't happen," the Diamondbacks shortstop said. "We can't proceed to bash that s--- present successful MLB."

He added that the instrumentality "should beryllium banned, for sure."