SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants manager Bruce Bochy says he expects to hear soon from Major League Baseball what the ramifications of his team’s bench-clearing brawl with the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night will be.
Reliever Ramon Ramirez and catcher Eli Whiteside were both ejected for San Francisco along with Philadelphia center fielder Shane Victorino.
Tempers flared in he sixth inning when Ramirez hit Victorino in the lower back with a pitch, moments after the Phillies’ Jimmy Rollins stole second with a six-run lead. Victorino began walking toward the mound and Whiteside, the catcher, stepped in front of him. Placido Polanco raced in from second base and was tackled by Whiteside.
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel did not talk before the game, his custom for day games.
