Framber Valdez refuses the signals, grants a grand slam and hits his catcher (intentionally?)

The New York Yankees won for the eighth time in a row at the home of the Houston Astros last night (Tuesday), this time by a score of 7-1.

One of the reasons for the Bombardiers' win was that Astros pitcher Framber Valdez and catcher Cesar Salazar were not on the same wavelength in the game.

Indeed, the two men seemed lost like deer on the highway at at least two points in the game, one of which resulted in a grand slam off the bat of Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham, his second in five days.

At this point, Valdez was preparing to throw to Grisham when Salazar appeared to be trying to wave him off the mound. Salazar waved his hand at Valdez, seeming to disagree about the pitch to come.

Perhaps Valdez should have listened to his catcher, since that's when Grisham hit the shot over the left-field wall for a four-run shot.

But that's not all. In the next at-bat, Valdez and Salazar were once again on different planets. Salazar was now set up inside behind Anthony Volpe and seemed to be expecting an effect ball, but Valdez threw a 93 MPH fastball directly at Salazar, hitting him in the chest.

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Salazar was confused, while Valdez quickly turned around, apparently in the hope of avoiding eye contact with his catcher.

Valdez had one of his worst outings of the season, allowing six runs and eight hits in five innings of work on the mound.

The latter is not used to working with Salazar, who was in the line-up in place of Yainer Diaz, and the duo can be expected not to work together again, at least for the remainder of this campaign.

After the game, Valdez apologized to his catcher, but said he hadn't done it on purpose.

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