The Subway Series got extra chippy just before the seventh inning stretch, as both benches and bullpens emptied after Giancarlo Stanton and Francisco Lindor were chirping at each other during Stanton's home run trot.
In the bottom of the sixth, when Lindor hit his second home run of the game, he seemed to yell and motion into the Yankees' dugout by making a whistling motion, referencing the allegation that the Yankees where whistling on Saturday to try to tip Taijuan Walker's pitches.
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Jonathan Villar told me that he called a mound meeting last night because he thought Taijuan Walker was tipping pitches when the Yankees took a 5-0 lead. He realized during an Aaron Judge at bat that the Yankees dugout seemed to use different whistles to identify pitches.
— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) September 13, 2021
A half-inning later, with two outs in the seventh, Stanton crushed a two-run homer to tie the game, and on his way around the bases, he slowed up, turned his trot towards Lindor, and had something to say to the Mets' shortstop. The two jawed back and forth, and as Stanton continued around the bases, Javier Baez also came over from second base to get involved.
That brought out the cavalry, and while no one was ejected, home plate umpire Lance Barksdale warned both benches.
Giancarlo Stanton hits a home run to tie the game and has some words for Francisco Lindor as he rounds the bases so benches clear pic.twitter.com/l4eAdOI3f8
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) September 13, 2021
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