New York Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez escaped...

New York Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez escaped unhurt but his 1990 BMW sustained about $5,000 worth of damage when a man attacked the car as Perez waited at a traffic light, police said.

Roberto Chauarriaga, 35, of Miami, was arrested and charged with criminal mischief after the incident, at 3:45 a.m. Saturday in the Jackson Heights section of Queens, police said.

They said the man evidently did not know Perez and it wasn’t clear why he suddenly began kicking in the doors and fenders.

One police officer was quoted by New York Newsday as saying Perez was the victim of “some lulu who just went wild on his car. That kind of thing happens.”