CINCINNATI — When Amir Garrett is doing well, the Reds’ reliever likes to let his opponents know with a lot of animated talk. The Cubs have known this for a while and well, they don’t really like that.
In the eighth inning of a 3-2 Cubs win at Great American Ball Park, the lefty Garrett was brought in to face the left-handed hitting Anthony Rizzo and struck him out swinging at a slider.
Garrett started yelling and pumping his chest and Rizzo shot him a look as he returned to the Cubs’ dugout. At that point, Javier Baez started yelling from the top step at Garrett, before leaping the railing and verbally challenging the pitcher.
Both benches cleared, but Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson headed off Garrett and a few players got in front of Baez. Order was restored without any punches. No ejections were levied.
This isn’t the first time Garrett and Baez locked horns. Garrett celebrated a strikeout on him, too, on May 19, 2018, and the two had words before both benches also cleared.
