Josh Naylor put on a show against the White Sox, turning a four-run ninth-inning deficit into a historic night for the Guardians. Down to their final out, with Naylor at the plate and facing 99 mph heat, he crushed a game-tying grand slam and let the opposing fans hear about it. He’d been getting heckled all night and did not hold back after the homer, tossing his helmet and shouting into the dugout and crowd. The game went into extras, and with two on and two outs in the 11th, Naylor did it again. He launched another homer, this one a three-run blast, and made sure to point at the fans who riled him up. That gave him eight RBIs from the ninth inning on, something no one in MLB history had done before.
After rounding the bases pumped up and shouting at everyone, Naylor could be seen still staring at the fans during the handshake line. Postgame, he credited his teammates and said the big moment wasn’t just about him. He admitted he got caught up in the emotion but stood by his right to fire back after all the trash talk. In the end, Naylor turned heckling into fuel and delivered one of the wildest clutch performances of the season.