NEW YORK — White Sox reliever Tyler Gilbert had his glove removed from the game before he took the mound in relief of starter Davis Martin during the fifth inning of a 5-3 loss to the Yankees Thursday at Yankee Stadium, marking the team’s fifth straight setback.
The veteran reliever stayed in the contest and suffered the loss, allowing one run over 1 2/3 innings, but had to use a backup glove when the original one was confiscated after being examined by second-base umpire Phil Cuzzi.
“I’ve been using that glove all year. It’s got a build-up of sweat and rosin. It’s on the palm area,” Gilbert said. “And Phil thought it was something else. If they do lab results, they will just realize it was sweat and rosin build-up. Other than that, that’s all.”
Gilbert had no previous issues over the first 44 appearances with that glove this season. But he had to go to a second glove, which was never used in a game until Thursday.
“There was just a bit of rosin and sweat build-up in the palm of his glove that was just a little too sticky for [crew chief] Dan [Bellino],” White Sox manager Will Venable said. “He didn’t suspect any bad intent on Gilbert’s part. It was just a little too sticky, so he asked for him to get a new glove and that was pretty much it.”
“I don’t really know what the next step is, but we’ll find out,” Gilbert said. “It was just sweat and rosin. Hopefully I can get that back as soon as I can.”
