East Avenue Dentistry 2024-07-03 East Avenue Dentistry - Last update images today East Avenue Dentistry Boulter, Draper Knocked Out Of Wimbledon NEW YORK -- Graham Ashcraft and the Cincinnati Reds won a stare-down with the New York Yankees even before finishing their three-game sweep. When the national anthem ended ahead of Thursday's game, Ashcraft and fellow Reds pitcher Carson Spiers remained in front of the visitors dugout on the third-base side of Yankee Stadium while New York pitchers Ian Hamilton and Cody Poteet held out on the first-base side. Their showdown extended for more than five minutes as players ignored gestures from the umpires instructing them to vacate the field so the game could begin. Ashcraft won the battle, pumping a fist and getting high-fives and cheers from teammates when he outlasted his Yankees counterparts before the Reds' 8-4 win Thursday. "That also set the tone," said Spencer Steer, whose three-run homer in the fifth inning gave Cincinnati a 5-0 lead. Steer praised Ashcraft, using the pitcher's given first name, Douglas. "That was pretty awesome of Doug just to kind of win that one for us and kind of give us a little edge before the first pitch," Steer said. All four players ignored plate umpire Alan Porter, who made a shooing motion with both hands. Porter then dispatched third-base umpire Jim Wolf to urge them off the field. "Lucas Sims didn't have a hat out there, so he took my hat, didn't want to be standing there without a hat on the Fourth of July," Spiers said, referring to another Reds pitcher. "So me being a rookie, I was standing there without a hat, whatever, looking dumb. And then, as the thing was ending, Sims was like: 'Spiers, you got to stay here until the last one.' So I was like, all right, whatever. I'll stay. Sure enough, their guys stayed, too. So I was like, 'Oh god, here I go. Like, I'm in for it a long time.' And I saw Graham kind of slide over with me, and from there it was the long haul." They had a brief reprieve when Porter returned to the umpires clubhouse to retrieve a shin guard. Being a rookie making the $740,000 minimum, Spiers decided to peel off first. "Thinking about the fine and knowing that I couldn't afford it," he said. "So I just made a business decision." New York's pitchers, both on the injured list, finally walked off after manager Aaron Boone gestured for them to leave. "A little competition within the game, I guess," Poteet said. "That's probably the first one I've ever been a part of but it took all the way to the very last bit where it's getting close to the game starting." Ashcraft, in his third major league season, has a slightly higher salary at $750,000. He started and got the win in Tuesday's series opener and wasn't going to pitch in Thursday's game. "We saw they weren't moving and one of the guys told Carson to stay, and I was like, 'I'm staying with you because I'm not moving,'" Ashcraft said. "'I ain't got nothing to do today. I'm staying until I win or I get ejected or both.'" Company Image 3.webp Page 1 L O L 142 Pdf 1642501434166?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=k4AGBft7goZvb1LQhTuzvl4CAsoDOPleaRpYOWSyNjY 42a18ed9f5ab907b8891618c9cc2d608 FR3QpnJY16rTU2yknrqpsblDpq NnelDb98quF1cPOQfyIo1Mcl DqRzDXf5GNzCtLA AF1QipNUNG4gDp PhejP1KqJQdH7lrYAdDQeUUapw3dm=w1080 H608 P No V0 AvenueDental 58 600x400 Ofc10 909e0b57c9bac6e36f65b272cf961641 0v4a0204 Hdr Lr DAR 9773 ?media Id=100057388663751 DAR 9705 Office Picture2 Maxresdefault 125000630 Primary ?media Id=100063867690103 AVENUE DENTAL SERVICES 7 ?media Id=2563353463710734 Maxresdefault 1 1150 O DAR 9722 Park Ave Hero Avenuesdental 2 768x512 AvenueDental 72 1200x800 Sign Logo AvenueDental 6 L AVENUE DENTAL SERVICES 6B 5bbaee77dd7795cd11c99e08c54832a3