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Jorge Soler, Reynaldo Lopez both ejected after insane Braves-Angels brawl
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The action got out of hand in the fifth inning of the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Angels ' Tuesday night baseball clash. With one runner on and two outs, Soler faced Reynaldo Lopez to try and salvage the inning for the Angels . Earlier in the game, Soler homered off of Lopez, and it looks as though this played a part in the tension between pitcher and hitter.
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The first pitch Lopez threw in the at-bat was a 97-mph heater right at head level, which went all the way to the backstop with Jonah Heim being unable to corral the ball. Soler felt as though this was personal; with the Angels runner being safe at second base after the wild pitch, Soler charged the mound after being goaded into doing so and confronted Lopez to the point of punches being thrown.
The Angels slugger was the one who threw the first punch, and the Braves starter simply retaliated. This prompted the benches to clear, with both teams' players scrambling to separate the two before the brawl escalated even further .
As one would expect, both Soler and Lopez were ejected after the fisticuffs. The Braves still hold a 4-2 lead over the Angels at the time of writing.
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Soler hit a home run off of Lopez in his first at-bat against him on the night, depositing a hanging 84-mph slider into the left-field stands. It's not quite clear if Lopez was sending a message with the pitch he threw in the fifth inning, but whatever the case may be, Soler deemed it to be a dangerous enough play to the point where he decided that it was worth charging the mound.
No huge punches landed on either end, which is a major bullet dodged for both teams. It has to be noted that Soler and Lopez are former teammates with the Braves as well.
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