Arizona Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte was visibly in tears on the field Tuesday, and no one knew why until after the game. Keeping his own emotions in check, manager Torey Lovullo revealed to reporters that Marte was upset after a fan at the Chicago White Sox's Rate Field yelled something at him about his mother, who died in a car accident in 2017, perMLB.com's Casey Drottar. Lovullo's response, viaNick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic: "I looked right at him when I heard," Lovullo said. "I looked right at him, and he looked at the person as well. He put his head down, and I could tell it had an immediate impact on him, for sure." A 22-year-old fan was ejected and admitted that he was the one who directed the comments toward Marte,according to ESPN's Jesse Rogers. The fan was "very apologetic and remorseful," per Rogers, and has since been banned indefinitely from MLB games. "We commend the White Sox for taking immediate action in removing the fan," MLB said in a statement. The White Sox continued to lift up Marte during Wednesday's game. When Marte came up to the plate in the first inning, the White Sox displayed a message on the scoreboard offering their support. The White Sox showed their support for Ketel Marte with a scoreboard message during his first at bat todaypic.twitter.com/08G46PvFEF — Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_)June 25, 2025 It's unclear what the fan actually said — Lovullo declined to repeat it — but the manager was seen embracing Marte during a pitching change, with shortstop Geraldo Perdomo also offering his consolations. Sending love to Ketel Marte who was in tears on the field after a fan yelled something at him about his mother, who passed away in a car accident in 2017, per@CDrottar19pic.twitter.com/I14Zc1gkV1 — Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia)June 25, 2025 When asked what he said to Marte,Lovullo said,"I love you, and I'm with you. We're all together, and you're not alone. No matter what happens, no matter what was said or what you heard, that guy's an idiot and shouldn't have an impact on you." Perdomo called for the fan in question to be banned from baseball, via the Republic: "That can't happen," Perdomo said. "Everybody knows how Ketel is. He's fun. He plays the game hard. I feel bad for him. I feel mad about it. I hope MLB can do something with that guy. I don't know who it was, but they've got to do something. We can't continue to do that [expletive] here in MLB." Perdomo added: "He should be banned, for sure." The D-backswon the game 4-1, with Marte going 2-for-4 with a first-inning solo homer. Marte's mother, Elpidia Valdez, died in the Dominican Republic in the middle of the D-backs' 2017 season, not long after speaking to Marte on the phone. Marte was deeply affected. Heleft the team to fly back to the D.R. and missed four games. Eight years later, her death clearly still hits him hard. Marte is currently on pace for the best season of his career and is among the contenders for the NL MVP award after finishing third in voting last season. The reigning Silver Slugger at second base is slashing .320/.424/.608 with 15 homers through Tuesday. He is the longest tenured member of the Diamondbacks, going back to 2017. It has been a trying few days for the D-backs overall. Middle-of-the-order batters Corbin Carroll, Eugenio Suárez and Josh Naylor were all out of the lineup Tuesday,with Carroll hitting the IL due to a chip fracture in his left wrist. The team is also without its biggest acquisition of the offseason, Corbin Burnes,who underwent Tommy John surgery earlier this month.