Watch: Giants Get Into Bench-Clearing Brawl In First Inning, But Still Win Eighth of Their Last Nine Games
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The San Francisco Giants are on a hot streak and back in the Wild Card race after a 7-4 win over the Colorado Rockies. Rafael Devers hit an early home run, sparking a bench-clearing brawl just two batters into the game. Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland confronted Devers, yelling that Devers trotted the bases too slowly, and both benches ran onto the field. Devers abandoned his initial base-running to join the altercation. NBC Sports Bay Area showed replays from alternate angles. Freeland was ejected, and Giants players Matt Chapman and Willy Adames were also ejected. Devers returned nearly eight minutes later to complete his run.
Your San Francisco Giants are suddenly red hot and back in the Wild Card race, after a Tuesday night game that developed into a bench-clearing brawl just two batters into the game. Tuesday's Major League Baseball highlight of the day was a home run by San Francisco Giants third baseman Rafael Devers, in a 7-4 Giants win against the Colorado Rockies that was the Giants' third win in a row, and eighth win in their last nine games.
Devers hits the home run, and Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland starts yelling at him for supposedly trotting the bases too slowly and casually, which I guess violates some unwritten rule of baseball. Both benches run onto the field to pretend-fight, as they do in Major League Baseball. And Devers does not even clear the bases, instead deciding to abandon his base-running so he too can jump straight into this fake fight. NBC Sports Bay Area quickly obliged with replays from alternate angles.
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