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Arizona Diamondbacks star second baseman Ketel Marte was in tears during a pitching change in the seventh inning of the team\u2019s 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox<\/u><\/a> at Rate Field on Tuesday after an opposing fan made a comment about his late mother.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marte\u2019s mother, Elpidia Valdez, died in a car crash in the Dominican Republic<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n

The incident resulted in the fan who made the comment being indefinitely banned from MLB ballparks, and an outpouring of support for Marte.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The 31-year-old All star revealed what the fan said about his mother during an interview<\/a> on “Danny Beisbol” Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marte claimed the fan yelled, “I sent your mom a text last night.” Marte made the claims in Spanish, but it was translated through subtitles on the podcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“What happened was in the seventh inning, I came to bat. I\u2019m ready at the plate and I hear this fan shouting. He was on top of the dugout,” Marte said. “He yelled at me, saying stuff about my mom. He was like, \u2018I sent your mom a text last night.\u2019 When everything happened with my mom, I was here in Chicago. I was in this city.”<\/p>\n

He added fan behavior is “getting out of hand.”<\/p>\n

DIAMONDBACKS STAR KETEL MARTE CRIES ON FIELD AFTER FAN’S CRUEL COMMENTS ABOUT LATE MOTHER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

MLB provided a statement addressing the incident.<\/p>\n

“We commend the White Sox for taking immediate action in removing the fan,” MLB said in a statement to Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Diamondbacks played the White Sox again Wednesday, and the White Sox displayed a message on their scoreboard in support of Marte in the first inning.<\/p>\n

“Baseball is Family: The White Sox community supports Ketel Marte,” the message said.<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks’ manager<\/u><\/a>\u00a0Torey Lovullo consoled the tearful Marte on the mound and put his arm around him during a pitching change in the seventh inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It was a terrible moment. Fans are nasty. Fans go too far,” an emotional Lovullo told reporters after the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lovullo added that he told Marte he was not alone, and that the heckler was “an idiot.”<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo called for the fan to banned after the game ended Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“That can\u2019t happen,” Perdomo said. “We can\u2019t continue to do that … here in MLB<\/u><\/a>.”<\/p>\n

In 52 games, the two-time All-Star has a .316 batting average with 14 home runs and 31 RBIs.<\/p>\n

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