(Audacy) Giants left-hander Carlos Rodon was a bat out of hell in the dugout Tuesday night.
After the fifth inning if San Francisco's eventual 7-3 loss to Arizona, a frustrated Rodon made his way down the steps of the dugout where he kicked a bat that went flying toward infielder Thairo Estrada, striking him in the leg.
Luckily, Estrada wasn't hurt by the incident and Rodon immediately went over to check on him and apologize, but Rodon was clearly embarrassed by his actions after the game.
“I came in, kicked a bat, unacceptable action,” Rodon said. “I hit a teammate. Probably the nicest teammate on our team. Just a selfish action that is unacceptable and cannot happen. I take every amount of it … I just feel stupid. Stupid.”
Meanwhile, Estrada confirmed to reporters he was OK both physically and with Rodon himself but declined to talk about the incident any further.
Wilmer Flores was behind Estrada when the incident happened and could be seen throwing his arms up in the air after his teammate was hit.
He also didn't want to speak further on the incident but told reporters, “Everybody knows what’s the right thing to do,” before adding he and Rodon are “good.”
It wasn't the only dugout incident from Rodon on Tuesday either.
After the second inning, in which he gave up two runs, he smacked his glove repeatedly against the bench and nearly hit a Giants staff member on the backswing.
“These are his teammates, and if he’s not able to maintain control in those situations, somebody can get hurt,” manager Gabe Kapler, who spoke with Rodon after the game, told reporters. “He knows it. We’re working on it. We’re going to work on ways for him to be in control in those situations.”
Rodon, who was an All-Star this year, took the loss after allowing five runs on three hits — including two home runs — and two walks over six innings while striking out 10.
The crazy part is he kicked the bat after an inning in which he retired the Diamondbacks in order. Rodon explained that was because he “held onto the frustration” from the prior innings in which he gave up home runs.
“Just held onto the frustration from the two innings prior and just not the right way to go about,” Rodon said. “That’s for sure.”
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