Dalton Rushing is speedrunning his villain arc.
The Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Rushing sparked more criticism during Thursday’s game against the rival San Francisco Giants. In the top of the sixth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., Rushing was hit in the ribs by a pitch from Giants starter Logan Webb.
Whether or not the plunking was intentional, Rushing certainly seemed to take it personally. The next batter, Dodgers infielder Hyeseong Kim, hit into a double play, and Rushing slid hard into Giants shortstop Willy Adames, who was well off to the side of the bag.
Here is the video of the full sequence.
An interesting sequence of events here pic.twitter.com/I88Nu9XErt
— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) April 23, 2026
For context, Rushing drew backlash earlier in the series against the Giants for appearing to say “F–k him” about San Francisco outfielder Jung Hoo Lee after a play at the plate in which Lee suffered an injury (check out the video here). Rushing later denied dissing Lee and insisted that the video was taken out of context.
The 25-year-old Rushing and the Dodgers went on to defeat the Giants on Thursday by a final score of 3-0. But Rushing has continued to stack up the controversies over these last several days as he also infuriated fans by accusing a previous opponent of cheating after beating the Dodgers.
