Strike! Baseball player smashes dugout phone with bat

Sport can be a frustrating business, but one baseball player took things a little too far when he vented his anger by smashing up the dugout with his bat.

Designated hitter David Ortiz went on the rampage during a Boston Red Socks match against the Baltimore Orioles.

The 37-year-old missed the first ball, throwing his bat in the air as the umpire calls a strike.

He then went on to miss two more - a strikeout.

Television cameras watched as Ortiz left the field in a rage while teammates tried in vain to calm him down.

Clearly unhappy with the decision, he can then be seeing trying to walk back onto the field as his fellow Red Socks do their best to restrain him.

Just when it looks like things are under control, Ortiz grabs a bat and starts smashing a phone in the dugout.

Plastic shatters and flies through the air as players on the bench take cover.

He narrowly misses hitting one teammate round the head with his bat as he swings at the phone.

Major League Baseball spokesman Michael Teevan said Ortiz had escaped a suspension but the incident remains under review.