MLB Player consoled by manager after fan reportedly yells about his late mom midgame

Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo jumped to the aid of second baseman Ketel Marte after a fan ridiculed the player’s late mother, according to MLB.com.The incident happened when the Diamondbacks were playing the Chicago White Sox at Chicago’s Rate Field on June 24.

Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo jumped to the aid of second baseman Ketel Marte after a fan ridiculed the player’s late mother, according to MLB.com.

The incident happened when the Diamondbacks were playing the Chicago White Sox at Chicago’s Rate Field on June 24. Lovullo put his arm around Marte, who could be seen in tears during a pitching change in the bottom of the seventh inning, while shortstop Geraldo Perdomo stood by. It was unclear at that moment what had upset Marte, whose mother died in a 2017 car accident.

After the game, Lovullo said he heard what the fan, who looked directly at Marte, said. Lovullo chose not to repeat it, according to The Arizona Republic.

“I looked right at him when I heard,” Lovullo said. “I looked right at him and he looked at the person, as well. He put his head down and I could tell it had an immediate impact on him, for sure.”

“I just reacted as a dad would when I went out to change pitchers,” Lovullo added. “I could see he was sobbing. It hurt.”