Ugly brawl mars MLB game between the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers
Five players are ejected, along with both managers and the Yankees’ coach
Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera and New York Yankees catcher Austin Romine wrestled on the ground near home plate during the first of three bench-clearing altercations during Detroit’s testy 10-6 victory over New York on Thursday.
Five players were ejected, along with both managers and the Yankees’ bench coach.
Justin Upton and James McCann hit home runs for Detroit, and Gary Sanchez went deep for the Yankees, but that all became secondary on a day when the umpires had their hands full trying to maintain order. Major League Baseball now figures to be busy, too, sorting out likely suspensions that could especially hurt the play-off-contending Yankees.
The winning and losing pitchers, Detroit’s Alex Wilson and New York’s Dellin Betances, were among those ejected. Betances was tossed after hitting a batter in the helmet with a pitch, tried to indicate it was a breaking ball and argued with the umpires.
This was the final time the Yankees and Tigers were scheduled to play this season. Last month, the teams had a game at Yankee Stadium in which four batters were hit.
The ill will this time carried over to the Detroit dugout, where star pitcher Justin Verlander and teammates Victor Martinez and Nicholas Castellanos got into some sort of dispute.
Shane Greene got five outs for his fourth save.