We have ourselves some beef between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs.
Cubs catcher Willson Contreras had been hit by Brewers pitches twice this season, and on Tuesday night, he got a pitch off his hand that sent him to first base.
When the pitcher who hit him, ace Brandon Woodruff, stepped up to the plate in the fifth inning, Cubs reliever Ryan Tepera threw a ball behind him, escalating the whole thing and leaving Woodruff saying how messed up that was (with a bunch of expletives, see below).
Contreras got his revenge in the eighth inning with a two-run homer that gave the Cubs the lead for good, and his reaction said it all.
Thanks to Jomboy — who breaks down incidents in baseball and outside of the sport — we have a breakdown, which includes everything I just wrote (WARNING: some NSFW language in here):
Cubs Pitcher throws behind Brewers Pitcher, a breakdown pic.twitter.com/jXJ6x1gkMa
— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) April 14, 2021
I agree that Woodruff didn’t mean to hit Contreras on purpose, but I have no doubt that this back-and-forth isn’t over after the throw behind the pitcher.
I understand Brewers pitchers have hit Willson Contreras a few times, all accidentally. But Contreras lost his right to complain when he tried to get hit on purpose. The only team to intentionally throw at a batter in all of this has been the Cubs here. pic.twitter.com/BPHDVfLvPR
— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) April 14, 2021
This is what happened last week:
The benches have cleared in the Brewers-Cubs game after Willson Contreras was hit by a pitch.
(via @BallySportWI)pic.twitter.com/1EPrd89oOT
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) April 7, 2021
And what Contreras said — he claimed he didn’t know about the throw-behind:
Contreras Interview
***Extended Clip pic.twitter.com/vsMtHWmL60— BREW MATHs (@BREW_MATHs) April 14, 2021
