Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte said a fan in Chicago who brought him to tears during a game against the White Sox this week shouted that he messaged his late mother the previous night.

This past Tuesday at Rate Field in Chicago, Arizona Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte was brought to tears on the field after a heckler in the stands said something about his late mother. Marte's mother, Elpidia Valdez, was killed in a car crash in the Dominican Republic in 2017. The fan has since been banned from all MLB ballparks.