In Milwaukee, the hometown Brewers were hosting the division rival St. Louis Cardinals in a battle between the two top teams in the National League Central Division. The game was tied 7-7 yesterday and went into extra innings, which led to some heavy tension.
In the top of the 10th inning, Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was called out on a called third strike (and appeared to be a good call). Molina was not pleased with the call and got right in the face of home plate umpire Rod Drake, leading to an immediate ejection.
Watch the video here courtesy of MLB.com.
Molina continued to go chest-to-chest with Drake and may have sent a little excess saliva in Drake's direction. Molina did not appear to deliberately spit in Drake's face and the video shows nothing from Molina's mouth heading in Drake's direction, but Drake did step away to wipe his face.
Molina continued to go after Drake and had to be restrained by a teammate as he kept yelling towards the home plate umpire. Molina could be facing a suspension for making contact with Drake.
In the end, the Cardinals were able to score in a run in the top of the 11th to win the game 3-2.
Lance Berkman, Cards cut Brewers' Central lead after Yadier Molina is ejected [AP via ESPN]
In the top of the 10th inning, Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was called out on a called third strike (and appeared to be a good call). Molina was not pleased with the call and got right in the face of home plate umpire Rod Drake, leading to an immediate ejection.
Watch the video here courtesy of MLB.com.
Molina continued to go chest-to-chest with Drake and may have sent a little excess saliva in Drake's direction. Molina did not appear to deliberately spit in Drake's face and the video shows nothing from Molina's mouth heading in Drake's direction, but Drake did step away to wipe his face.
"He was pushing at me," Molina said [after the game]. "I would never spit on any face of a man. That's not me. I was so sweaty, my face was so sweaty and I was yelling, yelling at him. I would never spit on anybody's face."
Molina continued to go after Drake and had to be restrained by a teammate as he kept yelling towards the home plate umpire. Molina could be facing a suspension for making contact with Drake.
In the end, the Cardinals were able to score in a run in the top of the 11th to win the game 3-2.
Lance Berkman, Cards cut Brewers' Central lead after Yadier Molina is ejected [AP via ESPN]
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