In the sixth inning, the Yankees were up 3–0 on the Royals, and New York shortstop Anthony Volpe poured some salt in the wound while tagging Kansas City third baseman Maikel Garcia at second.

A hard tag led to some hard feelings in the Yankees-Royals game. Benches and bullpens cleared Thursday in the bottom of the sixth inning in Game 4 of the ALDS, but no punches were thrown before order was restored after the hard tag at second base applied by Anthony Volpe on Maikel Garcia.