Seattle Mariners’ Jarred Kelenic Apologizes for Emotional Outburst; Suffers Foot Injury

Seattle. Jarred Kelenic’s emotional outburst after a frustrating at-bat resulted in a damaged cooler, a broken bone in his left foot and the young Seattle Mariners left fielder apologized for his actions.

Kelenic was placed on the 10-day disabled list Thursday, a day after kicking a cooler following a ninth-inning strikeout in Seattle’s loss to Minnesota.

Kelenic apologized tearfully struggling to let his emotions get out of control and express his frustration.

“I made a mistake. I feel terrible, especially for the guys,” Kelenic said. “I just let the emotions get the best of me and I just let them down and take full responsibility for it. It just can’t happen.”

Seattle manager Scott Servais said Kelenic will be out for an extended period of time, but did not give a time frame. The team doesn’t think surgery is needed.

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“I think it’s a learning lesson for him. For all the players,” Servais said. “Gamers get frustrated when they don’t get the results they want. But you have to be able to control your emotions and that’s part of being a professional. It affects us all.”

Kelenic’s injury occurred in the ninth inning of Seattle’s 6-3 loss to Minnesota on Wednesday night.

With two runners on base in the ninth inning, Kelenic had a nine-pitch at-bat against closer Jhoan Duran that included several 103- and 104-mile foul pitches. Kelenic struck out on a breaking ball and vented his frustration by kicking a cooler as he returned to the dugout.

Kelenic had X-rays that revealed the fracture. He was in a walking boot on Thursday and will be for some time.

“I came in last night with the game on the line, two runners on base against arguably the best closer in baseball. I just had a good at bat, I was just struggling and unfortunately couldn’t get past. And like I said, I made a mistake,” Kelenic said.

Kelenic is in his third season with the Mariners and has shown significant improvement at the plate, especially early in the season. He is hitting .252 with 11 home runs and 45 RBIs in 90 games.

“He’s had a good season so far. He’s made a lot of adjustments on the field and you can see it. There are days when he looks great. Other days it’s been a struggle like all young players,” Servais said. “But at the end of the day, when you react like that, and I think whatever hits him as hard as anyone, it doesn’t just affect him, it affects the rest of us.”

Seattle recalled outfielder Cade Marlowe from Triple-A Tacoma and was in the lineup for Thursday’s series finale against the Twins.

2023-07-21 04:49:56
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