The Rockies and Giants might’ve shown the most fight they’ve had all season in the first inning of Tuesday’s game in Denver.
After San Francisco star Rafael Devers hit a towering home run at Coors Field, the benches cleared with plenty of shoves being thrown on the field in a wild scene.
Devers watched his homer and began trotting around the bases, and it seemed as if Rockies starter Kyle Freeland took exception, jawing at the slugger as he got past first base. Devers fired back as first base umpire Dan Bellino tried to hold him back.
As tensions rose, both dugouts emptied onto the field, with Giants stars Matt Chapman and Willy Adames both throwing shoves at Freeland despite umpires trying to prevent things from escalating.
Things appeared to finally cool down before the teams came close to one another, with cooler heads finally prevailing without more shoving.
Freeland, Adames and Chapman were all ejected.
Once the Giants cleared the field and Antonio Senzatela took over the pitching duties for Colorado, the umpiring crew made Devers finish rounding the bases after his 30th long ball of the season in what was a bizarre way to start the NL West clash.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
