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>>"I closed my eyes and went to the mound," Olivo said. "In that situation, most of the pitchers don't throw me inside, but sliders away. If he would have hit me with the first pitch, I would have went to first base, but three times were inside. It seemed so obvious to me. I just do what I needed to do."
>>Olivo pulled up as if he was ready to punch Carrasco, a former Royals pitcher, when White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski grabbed him from behind. Olivo instead hit Pierzynski in the head, and by then both dugouts and bullpens had rushed the field.
>>"It is a good thing I stopped," Olivo said. "When Pierzynski got me, that made me more angry. I tried to punch and I don't know who I got. I just wanted to deal with the pitcher, but Pierzynski got me from behind and everybody coming (from dugouts) and I said, 'OK, it's on.'"
>>Order was restored and Olivo, Carrasco and White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen were ejected.
>>Guillen said Carrasco did not intend to hit Olivo because the bases were loaded.
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