The St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers were involved in a bench-clearing incident during Friday’s game.
During the eighth inning, Brewers shortstop Hernan Perez bunted a pitch that was fielded by Cardinals pitcher Jordan Hicks. Hicks threw to second base to record the force out of runner Eric Sogard, who collided with shortstop Yairo Munoz. Sogard seemed unhappy with the contact and the two appeared to exchange words. The dugouts and bullpens of both teams emptied in response.
The Brewers' broadcast was predictably terrible. pic.twitter.com/wb42QIgu19
— VHS (@VanHicklestein) June 23, 2018
Order was restored in short order. There were no punches thrown and no one was ejected. Among those trying to break things up was Hicks, whose throw appeared to lead Munoz into Sogard.
It's also worth noting that one of the players that got between Sogard and Munoz and helped separate them was … Jordan Hicks, the pitcher in the game at the time. #stlcards #Cardinals #MLB https://t.co/d7YBJdZety
— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) June 23, 2018
