MLB scandal: 18 minutes of a brutal pitched battle between the Seattle Mariners and the Los Angeles Angels

A lengthy brawl that emptied the bench led to the dismissal of six players and both coaches in the second inning of the Los Angeles Angels’ 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners in a regular season Major League game.

Three of the top four hitters in the order of the Mariners were sent off and three Angels pitchers were out of the game after two days of strained pitches from both teams’ pitchers.

The brawl began when Seattle’s Jesse Winker went up in smoke against the Park bench Los Angeles after Winker himself was hit on the first inning pitch by Angels star Andrew Wantz.

It happens that Wantz had already hit Julio Rodríguez in the first inning, but this time the Seattle winger reacted badly, throwing insults and objects into the area where the substitutes for the local team were. Obviously, the action came the reaction and the players responded to the aggression by causing a pitched battle.

It was all there during the fight. Several players and coaches fell to the ground and hit each other. The struggle continued with grappling until things finally calmed down.

After 18 minutes of screams and blows, the game resumes with eight red cards. Los Angeles interim manager Phil Nevin and Seattle’s Scott Servais had to go to the locker room. The Angels, meanwhile, lost Wantz, Iglesias and rescuer Ryan Tepera, while Winker, Rodríguez and Crawford were excluded from the Mariners.

When things seemed to return to normal, the closest angels Raisel Iglesias returned moments later to throw large containers of sunflower seeds and chewing gum into the infield as he yelled at the referees.

The spirits between the two teams were already on fire, after Erik Swanson threw a fastball at 95 mph near Mike Trout’s head in Saturday’s ninth inning, but on that occasion the situation did not get worse and he was on high alert for both benches. It was clear that they had sworn it.