Puig your enemy ? pic.twitter.com/K6dq4oxTbo
— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) August 15, 2018
It wouldn’t be a true Giants vs. Dodgers series if there wasn’t some tension. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Yasiel Puig came to bat. After fouling a ball back, Puig yelled at himself and snapped his bat out of midair.
After grabbing the bat, Giants catcher Nick Hundley said something to Puig. Puig then turned around and walked toward Hundley as the two squared off. They came face-to-face as Puig then shoved Hundley back twice. The benches then cleared rapidly and Puig landed a punch on Hundley as Hundley was being backed off by Dodgers’ first coach Paul Lombard.
Hunter Pence came running out of the dugout to restrain Hundley and the Dodgers got Puig back to their dugout following the scuffle.
Despite pleas from Giants manager Bruce Bochy, the umpires ejected Hundley along with Puig. Hundley appeared incensed, arguing that he was not the instigator of the fight and that he’d been shoved by Puig. It is yet unclear what sort of suspensions might follow.