A play at the plate in Tuesday’s recreation between the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates escalated to the issue that the benches emptied in a tense scene.
In the major of the fourth inning, with the Cubs keeping a 1- lead, the Pirates’ Yoshi Tsutsugo flied out to appropriate field. Daniel Vogelbach, a previous Cubs prospect, tried out to tag up and rating, but Seiya Suzuki manufactured a perfect throw from suitable field that authorized Willson Contreras to tag Vogelbach out with a lot of time to spare.
That’s where by items acquired weird. After an uncomfortable slide from Vogelbach, Contreras appeared to lean in excess of him and say something, right before patting him on the back. Vogelbach – who was small league teammates with Contreras – took concern with regardless of what transpired, and tossed the catcher’s facemask to the facet as he stood up.
The two players then ongoing to get in each and every other’s faces, which led to the two benches clearing.
Very little much more notable arrived immediately after the two teams walked onto the area, and no a single was tossed from the activity. The Cubs ended up winning, 7-, getting now outscored Pittsburgh 16- in the initially two video games.
Both of those gamers are in the midst of outstanding seasons with their respective groups. Contreras, 30, is batting .275 with a .392 on-foundation proportion and five dwelling runs, though Vogelbach, 29, has strike 6 homers with an .822 OPS.
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