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Arizona Diamondbacks Star Second Baseman Ketel Marte was in tears during a pitching change in the seventh round of the team’s 4-1 win over Chicago White Sox on Rate Field on Tuesday.
Marte, 31, was left in tears after a fan shouted derogatory comments about his late mother. Mares mother, Elpidia Valdez, died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic in 2017. Diamondbacks’ manager Torey Lovullo comforted the tearful marte on the haug and put his arm around him during the pitching change.
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Arizona Diamondback’s second Baseman Ketel Marte, #4, hugs Pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez, #57, in Dugout, after hitting a home drive against Chicago White Sox during the fourth round on Rate Field on June 23, 2025 in Chicago. (Matt Marton-Preferred Pictures)
Lovullo said he heard what the fan was saying against Marte, and a Diamondbacks spokesman told Arizona Republic that Lovullo and Bench -trainer Jeff Banis asked for the person to be removed from the game.
“It was a terrible moment, fans are ugly, fans go too far,” an emotional Lovullo told journalists after the game. “I responded just like a father when I went out to change throwers,” Lovullo said according to Arizona Republic. “I could see he was crying. It hurt.”
Lovullo added that he told Marte that he was not alone and that the Heckler was “an idiot.”
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Arizona Diamondbacks Shortstop Geraldo Perdomo, #2 and other Baseman Ketel Marte, No. 4, celebrate after defeating Chicago White Sox on Rate Field on June 24, 2025 in Chicago. (Patrick Gorski Preferred Pictures)
Lovullo said he loves all his players and that he wants to protect them.
“I have known Ketel for nine years and he has had some incredibly great moments and some difficulties as well and some really rough moments in his life and I know them. At the end of the day we are humans and we have feelings and I saw him harm and I wanted to protect him.”
Diamondbacks Shortstop Geraldo Perdomo said the tab “should be banned, certainly.”
“It can’t happen,” Perdomo said. “We can’t continue to do it … here in MLB.”
Marte refused to comment on the incident through a team employee.
Arizona Diamondback’s second Baseman Ketel Marte, No. 4, rounds the bases and celebrates his home driving during the first place against Chicago White Sox on Rate Field on June 24, 2025 in Chicago. (Patrick Gorski Preferred Pictures)
Marte went 2-4 in the victory with a first-in-in-the-in-the-home home, giving Diamondbacks a 1-0 lead. Marte again has an excellent season of diamondbacks.
In 52 games, the two-time all-star has a .316 batting average with 14 homemakers and 31 RBI.
Diamondbacks (41-38) plays White Sox (25-55) the last game in their three-game series at 1 p.m. 14:10 A Wednesday. Diamondbacks go after the SWEEP series as they won the first two matches in the series.
