Interfering Yankees fans banned from Game 5

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Capobianco and Peter were ejected for prying the ball out of Betts’ glove after the right fielder’s leaping catch in the first inning.

Betts leaped at the wall along the right-field line in foul territory and initially caught Gleyber Torres‘ popup. Capobianco, seated in the first row and wearing a gray Yankees road jersey, grabbed Betts’ glove with both hands and pulled the ball out while Peter grabbed Betts’ non-glove hand at the wrist.

Betts reacted angrily, and Torres was immediately called out on fan interference.

“Not good. There’s no place for that. It’s as simple as that,” New York manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday. “Come here, cheer, root for your team, whatever. No place for that. Should never have hands on anyone.”

Yankees left fielder Alex Verdugo said Wednesday he wasn’t too surprised by what happened in New York.

“I saw it. It was maybe one of the more extreme — kind of trying to rip a ball out,” he said. “But at the same time, that’s kind of New York. I feel like that’s what you expect out here. You expect some unique things.

“At the end of the day, I didn’t feel it was too serious. I think Mookie kind of shook it off, too. That’s just kind of the passion, I guess, New Yorkers have.”

It was the second time Torres had an at-bat impacted by fan interference this World Series. With two outs in the ninth inning of Game 1 at Dodger Stadium, Torres hit a fly ball to left field, and a fan reached over and caught the ball. Torres was awarded a double.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.