Mookie Betts ventured into the wild at his own risk Tuesday night and tussled with two possible escapees from the Bronx Zoo.

In the end, justice was served: Betts was rewarded for his perseverance and the two fans who got touchy with him were ejected.

Gleyber Torres led off the bottom of the first inning of the Yankees’ 11-4 victory over the Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series with a fly ball that sliced toward the side wall in right field.

Betts reached above the fence to catch it, and as he did, a fan pried open his glove for the ball.

As Betts attempted to reach into the glove with his right hand to show that he had the ball, a second fan grabbed his right wrist.

The ball popped out, but right field umpire Mark Carlson ruled Torres out because of fan interference.
Betts avoided addressing the subject afterward.

“When it comes to the first-inning play, it doesn’t matter,” Betts said. “We lost. It’s irrelevant. I’m fine. He’s fine. Everything is cool. We lost the game and that is kind of what I am focused on.”

Betts added that he didn’t say anything to either of the fans involved with the interference.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he hadn’t had an opportunity to watch a replay of the incident.

“I thought [Betts] had a beat on it and … a fan got in the way, and the umpires got it right.”

It wasn’t the first time in this series Torres hit a ball with which a fan interfered.

In Game 1 on Friday, he hit a drive to left-center that initially appeared to be a home run.

But a fan reached over the fence to catch the ball and Torres’ shot was reduced to a double.

Betts, whose Dodgers still lead the series 3-1, said he wasn’t surprised with the resiliency the Yankees displayed on this night.

“They are going to fight and if you have made it this far, you are going to have a resiliency and are going to fight the whole time,” Betts said. “We expect that. We didn’t play well today and they did and that is why they won.”