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Dodgers And Giants’ Benches Clear After Brawl Between Yasiel Puig & Nick Hundley [VIDEO]

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants got caught in a benches-clearing brawl on Tuesday night after outfielder Yasiel Puig aggressively shoved catcher Nick Hundley. 

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It started in the seventh inning when Puig hit a foul ball from Tony Watson, and Hundley proceeded to say something to the Dodgers outfielder. Puig then turned around and confronted the Giants catcher, and after a brief shoving and punching match both benches at Dodger Stadium cleared and an all-out fight began. Puig and Hundley were both ejected after officials intervened. Coaches like Dodgers first base coach George Lombard also jumped in to separate players.

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“When I missed the pitch, I knew I thought it was the best pitch that Watson was gonna throw me,” Cuban-born Puig said through an interpreter, according to ESPN. “So I was a little upset, and [Hundley] told me to stop complaining, get back into the box. And when I got in his face, he told me to also get out of his face. So that’s when I got upset.

“I didn’t like that he was telling me what to do, and then he said some words to me in English that I really can’t repeat. So that is why I was upset.”

Hundley was less specific in explaining his side of the story behind what sparked the argument, saying simply, “We had some words and pushed a couple times. There’s really not more to it than that.”

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San Francisco ultimately won 2-1 on Tuesday. Austin Barnes replaced 27-year-old Puig at bat after the ejections and struck out. Buster Posey stepped in for Hundley as catcher.

Puig now has four ejections in his five-year MLB career. The Giants and Dodgers will face off again in Los Angeles on Wednesday night for the finale of their three-game series. San Francisco also won on Monday.

The Dodgers (64-57) are third in the NL West, three games ahead of the fourth-place Giants (61-60). Los Angeles is two games behind division-leaders Arizona.

 

Pablo Mena

Writer and assistant editor for usports.org. NY Giants and Rangers fan. Film and TV enthusiast (especially Harry Potter and The Office) and lover of foreign languages and cultures.

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