Jun 07, 2009 10:29 AM EST

Mets center field Carlos Beltran has dismissed a claim by Pittsburgh's Adam LaRoche that he has "no class."

Beltran said he was embarrassed after New York was swept by Pittsburgh last week.

"What I said was as a team we should all feel embarrassed, because, being honest, I don't care what he said," Beltran said Saturday night. "I believe we're a better team than them. I don't care what he said. I know that we could have won the first game and there's no excuse why we would have lost that one. If we would have won that one, I tell you we would have won one or two more. There's no doubt."

Via ESPN