Things got heated late in Sunday’s NLDS Game 2 between the Padres and Dodgers when a fan in the stands at Dodger Stadium threw a ball onto the field in the direction of Padres outfielder Jurickson Profar.

The incident caused a delay of several minutes in the seventh inning and appeared to result from Profar’s interaction with fans in the first inning after robbing Mookie Betts of a home run at the wall.

The Padres won 10-2 and evened the series at 1-1.

Fan throws ball from the outfield stands at Profar

When Padres starter Yu Darvish took the mound for his first pitch of the seventh inning, there was turmoil in left field. Profar exchanged words with the fans in the stands and was visibly excited.

A fan then threw a ball from the stands towards Profar.

Padres manager Mike Shildt then walked onto the field while umpires and Padres players gathered on the outer edge of the infield. Profar was visibly upset as he spoke to his teammates and members of the refereeing team.

The public address announcer then warned fans not to throw objects onto the pitch. After more than three minutes had passed, Profar shook his head in agreement with the umpires and jogged back to his defensive position in left field. He was greeted by boos from Dodgers fans after the crowd dispersed.

Fans are throwing more things onto the field

At this point, Darvish began warming up again, and members of Dodger Stadium security met with the on-field umpires. Fox broadcast cameras then showed what appeared to be water bottles scattered in right field near Padres outfielder Fernando Tatís Jr.

Three security guards then joined Profar in left field, and the public address announcer again warned fans not to throw objects onto the field. Profar encountered the umpire again on the edge of the infield and Darvish again interrupted his warmup.

Finally, after a delay of nearly 10 minutes, play resumed with the first pitch of the inning while security guards manned the outfield wall. Fox’s Ken Rosenthal later reported that Shildt told the referees he was worried his players were in danger.

As the Padres players returned to the dugout after half the inning, Manny Machado gathered his teammates for a meeting.

The delay didn’t seem to affect Darvish, who pitched through a scoreless inning to cap his night. The Padres were leading 4-1 at the time of the incident and later opened the game with a 10-2 win. They added three runs in the eighth and three more in the ninth, on a night in which they hit six home runs.

Darvish picked up the win while allowing just one run on three hits and two walks in seven innings pitched.

Did the first-inning interaction spark late-game drama?

Profar made a sensational play in the outfield in the first inning when he reached over the wall into the stands and robbed Betts of a home run.

He celebrated by taunting the Dodgers fans and telling the Fox broadcast and Betts that the explosion had gone over the wall and tied the game.

The game came in the bottom of the first inning with the Padres leading 1-0. Betts hit a deep fly ball from Darvish toward the left stands. The wall along the foul pole in left field is chest high, which allowed Profar to field a ball that wound up in the front row of the stands.

Profar jumped and leaned over the wall as Dodgers fans fought him to catch the ball. When he landed, he stared at the fans and jumped up and down. Betts began a home run trot, and the Fox broadcast put a run on the board and announced that Betts had hit a home run.

He hadn’t done it. Just moments later, Profar revealed that he had actually caught the ball for an out.

Instead of a 1-1 game, the Padres held a 1-0 lead and got out of the first inning without allowing the Dodgers to score.

Profar smiled in a dugout interview with Fox’s Ken Rosenthal between innings.

“That was one of my wishes,” he said. “I wanted to rob a home run and I did that in a playoff game, so it was great.”

What did he say to the fans after he made the catch?

“I didn’t say anything,” Profar continued. “I had to fight with them to catch the ball. You hit my glove.”

Six innings later, the Padres had taken control of the game, but tensions between players and fans escalated. Machado and Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty exchanged words several times before the delay in the seventh inning.

After the seventh-inning incident, Tatís continued to taunt and tweet at fans.

With Sunday’s win, the Padres evened the series at 1-1. Things will shift to San Diego for Game 3 on Tuesday, where Padres fans will certainly have their say.