National League West rival Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants met for the second of a three-game set at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night after the Giants came back in the ninth inning to take the series opener.
With the Giants leading 1-0 with two outs in the seventh inning, Yasiel Puig stepped to the plate to face former teammate Tony Watson. Puig missed a pitch he felt he should have hit on a 1-1 pitch, fouling it back behind home plate.
He visually showed frustration after the pitch, which Giants catcher obviously was not a fan of. Hundley had some words for Puig, and those words quickly turned into a shoving match as Puig pushed Hundley and the benches quickly emptied.
No punches were thrown, but both players and teams were obviously not happy, via MLB:
Benches clear in Giants-Dodgers game with Nick Hundley and Yasiel Puig at the center of it. pic.twitter.com/r3ZHHdzL3A
— MLB (@MLB) August 15, 2018
Both Puig and Hundley ended up being ejected from the game, and Austin Barnes came in to finish out the at-bat, striking out against Watson to end the seventh inning.
Dodgers first base coach George Lombard also got involved in the altercation, trying to restrain Hundley but ended up tackling him to the ground although he did not end up getting ejected.
No punches were thrown, but it is possible that Puig will hear from the league office and either get fined or suspended for putting his hands on Hundley.
Puig has a history with the Giants as him and Giants ace Madison Bumgarner have gotten into it on a couple occasions in the past, one time when Puig stared at a home run he hit off the left-hander and another when he was staring at Bumgarner himself after grounding out.
