Mound Brawl: Soler, López Clash in Angels-Braves Game

0:00On April 8th, in Anaheim last night, Atlanta Bray's pitcher, Renato Lopez and Los Angeles Angel Slugger, Jorge Soler, turned a tight game into chaos. With a full-on mound brawl, both getting ejected in the 5th inning, Solar crushed a two-run homer off Lopez early, took a 96-mile per hour fastball to the wrist next time up, then charged after a wild pitch, sailed high and tight. Finches and bullpins cleared fast as players rushed in to break it up, with Bray's manager Walt Weiss even tackling the big man Solar to keep things, from escalating. These two were actually teammates in Atlanta during the second half of last season, which makes the beef hit different. Solar said through a translator he asked if everything was cool and didn't like the vibe back, flipping his switch. Lopez swore there was zero intent to plonk him, calling it a shame while both managers backed that up. Lopez was just overthrowing against the guy who's feastin' on him, 14 for 23 lifetime.

1:02The Bray's shook it off, holding a 4-2 lead at the time, and rolling to a 7-2 win, with Lopez logging four and two-thirds innings. Three hits allowed, seven strikeouts. Angel Skipper Kurt Suzuki got why Solar snapped. Hit high he is no joke when you've got a family and career on the line. That fire came after the Angels grabbed the series opener 6-2 Monday, so expect more heat tonight as tempers stay lit in this match-up. I'm Corey with the story, and you've been listening to Global News Today, AI-powered Global Coverage.