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Nationals, Pirates get into it after fake tag leads to Bryce Harper injury (Video)

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The Washington Nationals and Pittsburgh Pirates found themselves at odds on Sunday after a fake tag potentially led to a hand injury for Bryce Harper.

It started when Harper tripled down the right field line and hurt his left wrist on the slide. The slide wasn’t necessary as the throw badly missed the cutoff men and the baseball wasn’t anywhere near third, but Pirates third baseman Jung-Ho Kang faked a tag anyway, which may have spurred Harper to go in headfirst.

Judge for yourself:

The Nationals, at least, were very unhappy.

While Harper stayed in initially, he eventually left the game. The Nationals have clinched the division, so it may be precautionary, but when Kang next came to bat, pitcher A.J. Cole retaliated.

Interestingly, last season Kang was on the other end of another controversial, more gruesome play. You can understand why the Nationals aren’t pleased, but Kang wasn’t trying to get anybody hurt.

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