Gibbons expects suspension after errant Archer throw sails behind Bautista
TORONTO — Chris Archer said he didn’t mean it. Jose Bautista wasn’t sure. Blue Jays manager John Gibbons expects action from the league either way.
After striking out Kevin Pillar to start Sunday’s game, Archer’s first pitch to Bautista sailed behind the Blue Jays slugger’s back in the first inning.
Bautista responded by glaring down at Archer from the batter’s box as home plate umpire Jim Wolf issued a warning to the Tampa Bay pitcher.
“I would expect there’s got to be some kind of suspension the way they handle things now,” Gibbons said after the game. “If the umpire hadn’t issued a warning he wouldn’t have thought anything was wrong. But since he issued a warning maybe he was (thinking) ‘hey, maybe something’s not right here.’ Maybe he thought there was some intent.