SEATTLE — Major League Baseball is looking into Wednesday night’s benches-clearing incident between the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners, during which Astros reliever Hector Neris allegedly shouted a homophobic slur in Spanish toward Mariners outfielder Julio Rodríguez, per league source.
Neris apologized for his actions in a statement Thursday, but called allegations that he used a homophobic slur “simply incorrect.”
“That did not happen and any suggestion to the contrary is wrong,” Neris said in the statement. “My mother raised me to love and respect people for who they are…
