Diamondbacks pitcher Kevin Ginkel went viral this week for doing something really strange in the ninth inning of Wednesday night’s win over the Braves.
In case you missed it, the right hander didn’t like that Ronald Acuña Jr. was taking a very big lead at third so he walked over to him and tried to stare him down while waving his arms at him. The Braves star seemed confused by the whole thing, and rightfully so—his lead shouldn’t have upset Ginkel as much as it look like it did.
Acuña got the last laugh moments later when he scored on a wild pitch and stared at Ginkel as he crossed home plate. Good for him, too, because this was just some lame behavior from the Arizona reliever.
Check this out:
This is such a loser move and he literally made himself look worse by allowing a run on an wild pitch https://t.co/cY5jEvyRHU
— Chris Raine (@CraineRaine) July 20, 2023
Folks don’t take big leads on the Big Bad Kevin Ginkel or he’ll get big mad https://t.co/uXHk6Huc6e
— Chid Robinson (@SpigotBlister) July 21, 2023
Although Acuna is THAT mf. . . .that stare down was a lil soft lol https://t.co/A4JatbuxvU
— Shampoo Papi 🐝 (@The_Han_Br0lo) July 20, 2023
Hope this clown tries this nonsense with Elly at 3rd this weekend. #Reds https://t.co/igOMxqxVSI
— 1940757690 (@1940757690champ) July 21, 2023
He stared him down for such a short amount of time that they had to show in twice in slow mo lol https://t.co/W60HcV5gxU
— G Wyld (@PicksGoneWyld) July 21, 2023
Tell your 3rd baseman to play closer to the bag if you don’t want Acuña taking a big lead. Ginkel also shouldn’t be worried about a baserunner with a 3-run lead and 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th, he let Acuña get in his head https://t.co/9MDaQqUdrM
— Matt Holder (@MHolder95) July 20, 2023
Pitchers are headcases and they rarely win when they get into these moments https://t.co/in0Hgm9ocL
— 💎FreeGame Capo💎 (@madmanleek) July 20, 2023
Pitchers get away with a lot more showing players up than hitters do and I never really liked that about baseball https://t.co/qcMKtxzPyX
— Owl, The Wise One (@thetillshow) July 20, 2023
Pitchers so sensitive https://t.co/TmU127xjZp
— Eren (@Original_Garcia) July 20, 2023
