Astros’ Framber Valdez denies deliberately hitting own catcher after giving up grand slam | Houston Astros

Leaving Houston, Framber Valdez, said that he apologized to his receiver César Salazar after hitting him on his chest on Tuesday evening, but he insisted that he had not struck his express teammate.

Salazar seemed to ask Valdez to leave the mound when the bases were loaded in the fifth round of the astros defeat against New York Yankees. But Valdez refused to do so, then abandoned a big slam to Trent Grisham in a Houston match lost 7-1. Two locations later, Valdez hit Salazar in the chest. Salazar appeared surprised by the field and started hard in Valdez, who quickly turned his back on his teammate. This led to speculation that Valdez was angry with his recipient about Grisham in the stick.

“What happened with us, we have just been crossed,” said Valdez. “I called for this ground, I launched it and we were crossed. We went down to the shelter and I apologized with him and I told him sorry and I assume full responsibility. ”

We then directly asked Valdez if he hit Salazar on purpose. “No,” he said. “It was not intentional.”

Valdez and Salazar spoke when the journalists entered the clubhouse after the match and Valdez said they had solved the problems between them.

“We were able to talk about it,” he said. “We talked after the match … to his locker and everything is good between us. It’s just things that happen in baseball. But yes, we talked about it and we are good.”

Salazar was asked about what happened on the field where he was hit. “The stadium was strong,” he said. “I thought I had pressed the button, but I pressed the bad button. I expected another step, but that was not all. ”

Salazar said Valdez had not struck him on purpose. “No, me and getting back, we actually have a very good relationship,” he said.