After hitting a home run in the second inning off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish, Gurriel returned to the Astros dugout, where he used his fingers to motion at his own eyes in a mocking gesture and appeared to mouth a derogatory term in Spanish. (Photo: Thomas Shea, USA TODAY Sports) 
 
 HOUSTON – The World Series was roiled by a race-related incident in Friday night’s Game 3 when Houston Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel made a racist gesture in the wake of hitting a home run off Los Angeles Dodgers starter Yu Darvish. MORE FROM GAME 3 
 
 “Yesterday I was commenting that I’d never had any success against Darvish, and the gesture was saying that I wish he would look at me like one of them and maybe he’d throw me an easy pitch so I can do something,’’ said Gurriel, who was 1-for-7 in his career against Darvish before the home run. "I did not mean it to be offensive at any point," Gurriel said. Gurriel said it's common in Cuba to use the word "chinito" to describe someone of Asian heritage, although he admitted he realizes it's considered offensive in Japan. Darvish played professionally in Japan from 2005 to 2011 before joining the Texas Rangers in 2012. "Acting like that…is disrespectful to people around the world," Darvish said through his interpreter after the Astros' 5-3 victory in Game 3. "I try not to care much about it, but he played in Japan and I have a lot of respect for him, so I try not to think about it too much against him." It's not OK. 
 
 "Including him and I, nobody's perfect. And everybody’s different," he says. " He made a mistake, and we've just got to learn from it. We are all human beings. It's just learn from it, and we've got to move forward." "I'll let the league handle that one," said Hernandez, a native of Puerto Rico. Dodgers outfielder Enrique Hernandez described the situation as "disappointing." "It's just unfortunate that he did that right after the homer and not thinking the cameras were on him," Hernandez said. For me, he's always been one of the best pitchers.
– Yuli Gurriel of the Houston Astros hit a home run in the second inning off Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish Friday night, giving him reason to celebrate in the dugout afterward. But Gurriel is now apologizing after cameras caught him taking things too far. The Cuban native can be seen making a slant-eyed gesture in regard to Darvish, who is from Japan. He also acknowledged using the word "chinto," meaning "little Chinese guy," reports USA Today. "At no point did I mean that in an offensive way," he said through an interpreter afterward. “Yesterday I was commenting that I’d never had any success against Darvish, and the gesture was saying that I wish he would look at me like one of them and maybe he’d throw me an easy pitch so I can do something." Darvish, for his part, called the gesture "disrespectful," but wasn't making a big deal about it. "I have a lot of respect for him," he said of Gurriel, who played for a while in Japan, "so I try not to think about it too much against him." Later, the pitcher tweeted: "Since we are living in such a wonderful world, let's stay positive and move forward instead of focusing on anger. I'm counting on everyone's big love." Gurriel could face league discipline, though it was unclear whether that might mean missing a World Series game. "We are aware of the situation and the commissioner intends to speak with the player," says a league spokesperson, per ESPN. The Astros won the game to take a 2-1 lead in the series.