Mookie Betts and Dodgers react to Yankees fan trying rip the ball from his hand in World Series game

Dodgers prima Mookie Betts has shared his guidance to nan stunning infinitesimal successful World Series Game 4 erstwhile a Yankees instrumentality tried to rip nan shot retired of his hand.

Betts was forced to scope into nan stands to drawback a foul shot from New York's Gleyber Torres successful nan bottommost of nan first inning, though instrumentality Austin Capobianco (unsuccessfully) tried to interfere pinch nan play and prevention nan Yankees an out.

Betts appeared to beryllium irritated by nan incident instantly aft it happened, but offered a different reside erstwhile speaking aft his team's eventual 11-4 loss.

'It's irrelevant, we lost,' he told reporters. 'Didn't matter.'

In summation to Capobianco trying to drawback nan shot from Betts, his friend John Peter besides grabbed nan All-Star's arm.

Betts was asked if he had been injured astatine each connected nan play, but said he wasn't hurt.

'I didn't moreover cognize he grabbed my hand, truthful [my hand] is perfectly fine,' he said.

However, Betts' teammate Tommy Edman had a overmuch stronger guidance to nan instrumentality interference.

'The feline was trying to yank his mitt disconnected and pulled connected his wrist and it looked for illustration he sewage ejected, which I'm gladsome he did. That was unacceptable for a fan.'

Betts' teammate Ben Casparius added that he believed nan conflict 'set nan tone' for nan game. '

'I've ne'er seen thing for illustration it,' nan Dodgers pitcher said. 'It was evidently very early successful nan crippled truthful I deliberation it benignant of group nan tone.'

After nan play - which was ruled an retired despite Capobianco's champion efforts - he and his friend were ejected, though nan erstwhile later admitted to ESPN that he knew his actions would onshore him successful basking water.

'We ever joke astir nan shot successful our area,' Capobianco told nan sports outlet astatine a section barroom aft nan game. 'We're not going to spell retired of our measurement to attack. If it's successful our area, we're going to 'D' up.

'Someone defends, personification knocks nan ball. We talk astir it. We're consenting to do this.'

'I cognize erstwhile I'm successful nan incorrect and arsenic soon arsenic I did it, I was like, 'Boys I'm retired of here,'' Capobianco added. 'I patrol that wall and they cognize that.'

Notably, this was not nan first clip this bid that fans person interfered pinch a deed from Torres.

In nan ninth inning of Game 1, Yankees fans were near furious aft a Dodgers instrumentality caught a imaginable go-ahead homer, which was yet ruled a double earlier New York mislaid a heartbreaker successful other innings.

The Yankees will now effort to support their momentum going successful a must-win Game 5 connected Wednesday.