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Maddon: Bartlett was hit intentionally
Manager Joe Maddon believes that the Orioles RHP Jim Johnson hit SS Jason Bartlett with a pitch in the eighth on purpose.
“I really don’t know why they did it, but it was on purpose,” Maddon said. “To verify that all of their extra players came out and sat on the rail for the ninth inning, guys we had not seen for the entire series. They were expecting something to happen because of what they began.”
Jason Hammel retired the Orioles in the ninth without an issue. When asked if he talked to his team about retaliating, Maddon said, "That’s always in-house - I'm just disappointed that they chose to do that."
Bartlett didn't have much to say about it afterwards.
"I don’t know," Bartlett said when asked if he thought the plunking was on purpose. "I'm not even going to go into that. It happened, and to me, it’s the past."
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