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By Valentina Martinez
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Major League Baseball has announced punishments for San Diego Padres players Xander Bogaerts and Jose Iglesias for their actions in Wild Card Game 3.
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The Padres and Chicago Cubs squared off in a high-intensity Game 3 and tensions reached their peak in the ninth inning. Padres outfielder Jackson Merrill led off with a home run to trim the Cubs' lead to 3-1.
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Then, the very next batter was Bogaerts, and on a 3-2 count, he was called out on strikes to end his at-bat. The ball was evidently out of the strike zone, and Bogaerts immediately questioned umpire D.J. Reyburn's strike three call.
“Talk about it now; what do you want me to do?” Bogaerts said following the Wild Card loss that ended the Padres' season. “It’s a ball. Messed up the whole game, you know? I mean, can’t go back in time and talking about it now won’t change anything. So it was bad, and thank God for ABS next year, because this is terrible.”
The Padres were eliminated from the playoffs in the Wild Card round, and because of Wrigley Field's century-old accommodations, the umpire crew was forced to exit the game through the visitors' dugout immediately after San Diego's season had come to a screeching halt. This led to a heated interaction between Padres players and the umpires.
The outcome? A fine for Bogaerts and Iglesias from MLB for "unprofessional conduct." Moreover, Iglesias received a one-game suspension that will go into effect at the beginning of the 2026 season.
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Padres manager Mike Shildt also spoke about the controversial call, and how that could have kept the team's season alive had it been the right one.
"Looked down to me," Shildt said postgame. "You know, but I don't see great, and I am kind of far away. But most importantly, Bogey felt like he was down. He is not a guy — you know, not any of our guys really, but Bogey in particular is not a guy that's overly dramatic about close pitches. It's a big pitch. It's a big swing pitch. You know, it turns the tying run and what would have unfolded after that could have been very impactful, but we had other opportunities, too."
While the Padres are facing the consequences for their actions in Game 3, the Cubs have the chance to advance to the National League Championship Series with a win over the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 5 of the NLDS on Saturday.
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