Items rapidly turned heated on the field Tuesday night in the eighth inning of the Milwaukee Brewers‘ 8–2 win in excess of the Tampa Bay Rays.
To guide off the eighth, Rays outfielder Jose Siri grounded out to to start with foundation. When Siri jogged to first, Brewers reliever Abner Uribe appeared to have some words for the 28-calendar year-previous. Siri chirped again.
Regardless of umpire Phil Cuzzi’s finest attempts to independent the two gamers, Uribe and Siri exchanged blows, with Uribe throwing the initial punch in excess of Cuzzi’s shoulder to connect with Siri’s helmet. Each the Brewers and Rays benches cleared, and chaos ensued from there.
When the dust had settled, Siri and Uribe equally ended up ejected. Hoby Milner took about on the mound for Uribe, and the Brewers cruised to finish off their 8–2 get.
Tensions amongst Siri and the Brewers started before in the activity. After Siri crushed a solo homer in the 3rd inning, Milwaukee starting up pitcher Freddy Peralta hit him with a 95.2-mph fastball in his up coming at-bat in the sixth. Dwelling plate umpire Chris Guccione ejected Peralta and Brewers manager Pat Murphy right after that engage in.
MLB probably will hand out suspensions for Uribe and Siri, between some others, on Wednesday. The Brewers and Rays will wrap up their a few-activity series Wednesday at 1:10 p.m. ET.
