Perez said the following to the media after the game:
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"That's the third or fourth time he called [a] balk on me. I lost the game twice. It's like he's got something personal against me...I know I'm going to get fined, but I don't care. I've been doing the same ... move the entire year. So why does he have to call it twice in the same inning? For them to score a run against me then I lost the game, he {Hernandez} might be happy now."
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To me, he is accusing Hernandez of being biased and of calling the balk to cause Perez to lose the game. As stated earlier, MLB has rules against making public comments critical of the umpires, and Perez clearly expects to at least be fined for this.