Baltimore Orioles rookie Coby Mayo had an eventful day on Saturday in the team's 4-2 win over the Chicago White Sox. He not only recorded his first big league RBI with a single in the fourth inning, but he also helped spark a bench-clearing incident when he tried to buy an interference call during a run-down.
After hitting his single to left field, Mayo was trying to reach second base on the throw home. The White Sox instead cut off the throw on the infield, resulting in Mayo finding himself in a rundown. It was at that point that he tried to buy an interference call by deliberately running out of the baseline and throwing a forearm into White Sox second baseman Lenyn Sosa.
That did not go over well with the White Sox, and especially Sosa, after Mayo gave him another shove on the way back to the dugout.
That is when both benches briefly emptied.
Coby Mayo ran into White Sox infielder Lenyn Sosa and the Orioles' top prospect gave him a slight push on his way off the field. Some words were exchanged and the benches immediately emptied.
— Matt Weyrich (@ByMattWeyrich) May 31, 2025
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The White Sox — or any Major League team, for that matter — probably would not have liked it no matter who tried to pull something like that. The fact that it was a rookie with less than 10 Major League games on his resume probably made it even more frustrating for them.
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