Strop: Puig Acted \'Stupid\' After HBP

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Strop: Puig Acted \'Stupid\' After HBP 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Sun Jun 30, 2019 5:43 am

Cubs pitcher Pedro Strop and Reds outfielder Yasiel Puig had words with each other as the benches cleared in the Cubs\' 6-0 win on Saturday.

Puig got hit in the hip by a 3-0 pitch from Strop in the bottom of the eighth inning and began to walk toward the mound while screaming at the pitcher. Cubs catcher Willson Contreras and first baseman Anthony Rizzo held Puig back while Puig and Strop kept yelling at each other. Things eventually calmed down, and after the game, Strop didn\'t understand why Puig was so upset.

\"He just reacted like that,\" Strop said. \"Maybe because it was a 3-0 pitch, maybe it looks weird. I wasn\'t commanding my sinker, and I didn\'t want to leave a cookie 3-0. He\'ll swing 3-0 and hit it way out of the park. He just acted stupid.\"

Via ESPN.com

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