Freddie Freeman appears to have said, “my fault,” to Dalton Rushing in the dugout after the hard slide play, according to a public post describing the exchange.

Quick Scoop

The same post says Rushing was walking back to the dugout, looked back at Lee, shrugged, and said “my fault.”

That’s the clearest publicly reported line tied to the dugout moment, and it suggests the exchange was calm rather than heated.

What’s known

  • The reported wording is brief: “my fault.”
  • It was described as part of a quick, on-field moment after contact at the plate.
  • No fuller transcript of the dugout conversation was available in the public material I found.

Context

Dalton Rushing later said he was embarrassed by his actions, which matches the idea that the moment was handled as a mistake rather than a major confrontation.

The broader coverage around the incident focused more on Rushing’s emotions and the Dodgers’ catcher situation than on any extended dugout exchange.

TL;DR: the public reporting points to Freddie saying “my fault” to Dalton Rushing in the dugout.