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UPDATE
12:37 PM PT — Hilton joined Harvey and Charles on “TMZ Live” on Wednesday to break down his big night … and while he says Hollywood hasn’t come calling, he explained why he’s perfectly fine with sticking to his day-to-day.
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As for the first pitch … well, that’s sort of a touchy subject.
Can you bee-lieve this?!?
The start of the Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks game was delayed by nearly two hours on Tuesday … and it’s all ’cause a massive swarm of bees infiltrated the diamond.
The insects first began hovering around Chase Field’s home plate just minutes before the first pitch was slated to go down in Arizona … and after a while, so many of them congregated, officials had to press pause on the action in order to get an expert out to the field.
Eventually, a beekeeper named Matt Hilton was brought on to the scene to handle the situation … and he immediately got to work.
He took a scissor lift to get to the hive … before he sprayed down the bees and then sucked them up with a vacuum.
The scene was pretty hilarious … the Diamondbacks blared “Holding Out For A Hero” on the PA system as he did his job — and then the team let him throw out the ceremonial first pitch once the gig was finished!
Hilton told reporters he had no idea he’d be the game’s savior — explaining he was actually at his kid’s tee-ball game when he got the call to come out.
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After all the antics died down … the game was played — and Arizona was able to pull things out for the home crowd in extra innings, 4-3.
A buzz-worthy night in Phoenix, indeed!
