According to both ethier and mattingly ethier was simply upset about a call during the top of the fourth inning.
Dodgers ethier mattingly.
Mattingly sensing that one of his pivotal players could be pushing his luck with the umpires did his best to calm ethier down.
Andre ethier had another closed door meeting with dodgers manager don mattingly and general manager ned colletti to address comments ethier made which seemed to imply that mattingly was playing.
Dodgers ethier yells at mattingly in dugout during game 5 nbcs bay area.