Dave Roberts questions Manny Machado's throw into Dodgers' dugout - ESPN

SAN DIEGO — The baseball that San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado threw toward the Dodgers' dugout Sunday night — triggering another heated back-and-forth between him and Los Angeles pitcher Jack Flaherty — landed in the vicinity of Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.

Roberts, speaking before his team's workout Monday, said he didn't notice it initially but later reviewed an internal video of the throw.

«It was unsettling,» Roberts said. «Obviously I have a relationship with Manny from years past. There was intent behind it. It didn't almost hit me because there was a net. And that was very bothersome. If it was intended at me, I would be very — it's pretty disrespectful. So, I don't know his intent. I don't want to speak for him. But I did see the video. And the ball was directed at me with something behind it. But I don't know what led to that.»

Major League Baseball has been in touch with the Dodgers' security staff and asked for footage of the incident, sources told ESPN, though any punishment seems unlikely. A video showing what appeared to be the incident in question was posted to social media on Monday night by the San Diego Union Tribune.

After Sunday's Game 2 — a 10-2 win by the Padres that evened the National League Division Series at a game apiece — Machado accused Flaherty of hitting San Diego's Fernando Tatis Jr. on purpose to begin the sixth inning, an accusation Flaherty vehemently denied. Two batters later, Flaherty struck out Machado and afterward yelled in his direction, telling him to «sit the f--- down.»

Machado did not seem bothered by Flaherty's reaction, instead chalking it up to «competition.» But the two exchanged words when Machado came back onto the field for defense in the bottom of the